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General Atlantic invests $150m in IT company

Quality Technology Services, founded in 2005, has expanded its data center real estate to 2 million square feet.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

OMERS moves to reduce external GPs

The pension’s goal is for 80% of its private equity programme to be in direct investments, according to CEO Paul Renaud. Currently 35% comprises direct deals.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

New Mexico CIO quits amid pay-to-play inquiry

A member of the pension said Gary Bland had been found to have pressured investment firms to hire certain placement agents.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Deutsche buys Oppenheim FoF group

The financial giant has agreed to buy Luxembourg-based banking group Sal. Oppenheim for about €1bn in a deal that will include Oppenheim’s private equity fund of funds group.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Oregon gets fee break in $500m FoF commitment

The pension negotiated fee reductions with Fisher Lynch before agreeing to commit $500m, using its Private Partnership Investment Principles.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Shaping perceptions

Christopher Witkowsky on the importance of a recent (and unusual) CalPERS rebuttal to a Reuters story.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

AIG to sell $600m in LP commitments

The troubled financial institution is shopping two partially drawn bundles of commitments made in conjunction with a fund of funds that is part of AIG Investments, now spinning out.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Ares to buy Allied Capital for $648m

Publicly traded ‘business development company’ Allied will be merged with rival Ares. Allied recently reached a restructuring agreement with lenders.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Cerberus-backed gun maker aims for $200m IPO

Freedom Group was formed by Cerberus as a firearms platform after the firm acquired gun maker Bushmaster in 2006.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

THL-backed Nortek files prepackaged bankruptcy

The maker of residential and commercial building products will reduce its debt load by $1.3bn.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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