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Operating Partners Forum: Cutting costs not an easy fix

Even though cutting costs can improve portfolio company performance, doing so without consideration of product quality can damage a business’s reputation.

3 min read · 17 January 2013

New York State Teachers’ commits $350m

The $89bn retirement system unveiled commitments to Nautic Partners VII, Clearlake Capital Partners III and Silver Lake Partners IV in its October meeting materials.

2 min read · 17 January 2013

Advent replaces Bogotá chief

Mauricio Salgar is taking over from Diego Serebrisky, who led the Bogotá office for just one year.

2 min read · 17 January 2013

TowerBrook targeting $3bn for latest fund

TowerBrook Capital Partners is seeking $3bn for its fourth fund more than a year after generating a 3x return on its Jimmy Choo investment.

2 min read · 17 January 2013

Lee Stern departs KKR for Levine Leichtman

A prominent member of KKR’s mezzanine team has joined Levine Leichtman Capital Partners where he will help lead the firm’s credit strategies investment team.

1 min read · 17 January 2013

Kinea raises $490m for Fund II

The private equity affiliate of Brazil's Banco Itaú raised parallel structures to avoid giving Brazilian institutional investors the power to veto deals.

2 min read · 17 January 2013

California politicians reschedule emerging manager hearing

A follow-up hearing on CalPERS’ and CalSTRS’ efforts around emerging manager programmes that will be led by California State Senators Curren Price and Gloria Negrete McLeod has been rescheduled for January, 2013.

3 min read · 17 January 2013

Private Advisors expands into secondaries

Cuyahoga Capital Partners has been acquired by Private Advisors. Cuyahoga founders Bart Shirley (pictured) and Chris Hanrahan will join the firm.

2 min read · 17 January 2013

WL Ross extracts business from Lehman

The Wilbur Ross-led firm acquired a majority stake in seaborne transportation company Navigator Holdings in a deal approved by the Southern District of New York’s bankruptcy court.

1 min read · 17 January 2013

GPs attempt to wade through carry uncertainty

Private equity firms are asking limited partners for terms that would allow for the renegotiation fund agreements in the event carry’s tax treatment changes.

3 min read · 17 January 2013

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