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Credit Suisse’s Brennan to join Carlyle

Jessica Hoffman Brennan will join former Credit Suisse executives Michael Arpey and Alok Gaur on Carlyle’s investor relations team.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Quadrangle hires Evercore executive as CFO

Puneet Gulati replaces former CFO Steven Davidson, who left the firm earlier this year.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Oregon considers $100m to TPG’s BDC

TPG hired former Goldman executives Alan Waxman and Joshua Easterly to run TPG Specialty Lending, a business development company investment vehicle targeting between $800m and $1bn.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

BofA to spin off $5bn Merrill PE group

BAML Capital Partners, which has been overseen by James Forbes, will become an independent firm and eventually raise third-party capital. Forbes will stay with BofA.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Providence works to keep mega status in Fund VII

LPs and other market sources have questioned the firm's ability to generate outsized returns in mega-funds. Providence recently got a $300m vote of confidence from Washington State.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

Kohlberg targets $1.5bn for its seventh fund

The Ohio School Employees’ Retirement System this week committed $40m to Kohlberg Investors VII, a re-up for the pension.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone works to expand LP base

The listed firm has identified 1,200 potential LPs, which it will try to recruit into its funds. Blackstone has collected $15bn for its sixth fund, which is set to close.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Alpha set to close Russian secondaries fund

Alpha Associates is raising its debut fund targeting $100m to $150m for mature fund interests in Russia and former Soviet Union countries, says managing partner Petra Salesny.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CalSTRS co-invests in KKR energy deal

The pension has contributed $40m to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ joint venture with El Paso, which is investing in opportunities in oil and gas properties in the US.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone’s revenues soar in first quarter

The listed firm’s investment funds increased in value across all asset classes, driving increases in revenues. The firm has about $17bn of uncalled private equity capital.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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