What did ORG Portfolio Management know in the Timbervest episode? April 2014 A report by UNITE HERE Contact: Jim Baker, 312-933-0230,
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[email protected] Can Angelo, Gordon & Co.’s Private Equity Division Recover? As Angelo, Gordon & Co. begins raising its eighth AG Capital Recovery Partners fund, a look back at past AG private equity and special situations fund performance may give potential investors pause Angelo, Gordon & Co. is an investment advisor focused on alternative investing through a number of real estate, private equity, and credit funds. Within its Private Equity division, headed up by Arthur Peponis, Angelo, Gordon & Co. has raised a series of private equity funds (AG Private Equity Partners I-IV) and special situations funds (AG Capital Recovery Partners I-VII). Angelo, Gordon & Co. in December 2013 launched fundraising for AG Capital Recovery Partners VIII.1 While Angelo, Gordon & Co. did not provide a fundraising target in Capital Recovery Parters VIII’s SEC form D, its predecessor fund raised $1.1 billion in 2009.2 Unhappy returns Since 1999, a majority of AG Capital Recovery Partners and AG Private Equity Partners funds have underperformed peers, based on data from Preqin Ltd as of March 2013. See table below. For the Capital Recovery funds, four out seven were ranked in the 3rd or 4th Quartile. For the Private Equity Partners funds, four out five were in the 3rd or 4th Quartile. Private Equity Partners III limited partners experienced a loss as the fund produced a -2.8% IRR. Out of 12 funds only two landed in the 1st Quartile – AG Capital Recovery Partners (1999) and AG Private Equity Partners (2003).