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Blackstone offers 80% deal-fee share on Fund VI

The firm, which anticipates closing Fund VI on $13.5bn, agreed to an 80/20 transaction fee split for Oregon with a slight increase in management fees - a deal it's offering all the fund's LPs.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Illinois Teachers’ to overhaul private equity

PCG Asset Management will help the $34bn pension rebalance its portfolio, selling older investments and ramping up exposure to international, secondaries and co-investments.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Advisor: Family offices like direct

Frustration with fees has some family offices moving toward direct investing, says John Rompon, managing partner at McNally Capital.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

LACERS commits $20m to Providence debt fund

Providence plans to raise $1bn in credit-focused commitments, having gone to market just one year after closing its debut debt fund on more than $1bn.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone raises $13.5bn for Fund VI

The Steve Schwarzman-led firm, which reported a 35% rise in private equity profits over a six month period, will soon close its global buyout fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Jordan Company exits medical supplier for $850m

GS Capital Partners and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are teaming up to buy Harrington Holdings from The Jordan Company, which first invested in the company in 2007.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Blackstone chips $52bn in debt off portfolio

The firm has ‘reduced, refinanced or extended’ more than $52bn of debt since 2009, which has helped drive value creation, according to Blackstone executives.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Conversus: Distributions like it’s 2007

The Euronext-listed fund of funds received $129m in distributions in the second quarter as the firm continues its ‘realisation strategy’ of tending to capital calls and not making new commitments.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Wilshire hires Morgan Stanley veteran

Karl Beinkampen, a 15-year veteran of Morgan Stanley, will replace Jeff Ennis as CIO.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

GPs seek investment period extensions

Montagu, BC Partners and MatlinPatterson are among the firms whose LPs have granted fund investment extensions.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

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