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Northern Lights buys into clean energy firm

Northern Lights Capital Group has taken a minority stake in the investment firm founded by DE Shaw’s former director of investments in India.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Centre Partners sells Bumble Bee for $980m

Centre Partners this week exited its ownership stake in Bumble Bee Foods with a $980m sale to Lion Capital.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Chicago Teachers' to hire first PE consultant

The $9.6bn Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund plans to hire its first dedicated private equity consultant to assist in manager selection.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Lexington buys Lloyds’ £470m PE portfolio

Lexington will purchase 33 LP stakes, most of which Lloyds had reportedly acquired when it took over HBOS.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

KKR may need to up $1.7bn bid for Perpetual

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ bid to buy Australian fund and wealth manager Perpetual may need to be revised upward as the company’s ASX-traded stock has surged in recent weeks.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

LPs aim to dodge IRR compression

Limited partners think they can sidestep sagging private equity returns by constructing more concentrated portfolios. A survey suggests LPs will narrow GP relationships in 2011.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Liquid diversification

Carlyle's recent buyout of credit hedge fund Claren Road suggests the firm is diversifying revenues with more liquid instruments in advance of an anticipated IPO bid next year, writes Pete Gallo.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

ATP raises €1bn for Fund IV

The fund of funds group linked to Danish Pension system ATP plans to double emerging markets exposure as it boosts overall investment in 2011.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

GSO targets $3bn for second mezzanine fund

Blackstone affiliate GSO Capital Partners is looking to raise $3bn for its latest mezzanine fund, which recently received a $100m commitment from Oregon.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Hollyport collects £15m for secondaries

London-based Hollyport Capital hit the halfway mark in fundraising for its third secondaries fund, targeting £30m.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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