Chelsea Stevenson

Washington State commits $350m to private equity

<p><em><span lang="EN-US">The Washington State Investment Board approved commitments to </span></em><em><span lang="EN-US">EIG Global Energy Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. </span></em> </p>

US private equity grows in Q3

<p><em>The combined value of US investments rose for the second consecutive quarter in Q3, while exit values experienced a 28% quarterly decline.</em> </p>

Portfolio Advisors collects $664m for secondaries

<p><em><span lang="EN-US">The Connecticut-based fund of funds is targeting $1bn for its Secondary Fund II.</span></em> </p>

LLR hires former CIA exec as operator

Former CIA chief technology officer Gus Hunt has joined the firm as operating partner.<br />

Connecticut commits $125m in re-ups

<p><em><span>The $26bn pension committed $50m to Altaris Capital Partners and $75m to Yucaipa Alliance Management.</span></em> </p>

Five Minutes with Tom Kerr

<p> <em><span lang="EN-GB">Hamilton Lane’s head of secondaries on the market rebound in 2013.</span></em> </p> <p> </p>

Montana commits $55m to private equity

<em>The board made an additional commitment of </em><em>$5m to White Deer Energy’s Fund II after committing $20m in January.</em><em></em><br />

New Mexico commits $45m to Onex

<p>The listed Toronto-based PE firm is targeting $4.5bn for its fourth fund. </p>

ACON and TPG seal 9x energy exit

<p> The firms have sold Minnesota-based downstream energy company Northern Tier Energy, which they formed in 2010, for $775m.</p> <p><em></em></p>

Water Street hires VP from Avista

<p>Katie Ossman left Avista Capital Partners in September and will work on sourcing new opportunities for Water Street’s $750m Fund III. </p>