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Oaktree lags other managers on PPIP fundraiseMarathon Asset Management recently held a first close reportedly on $400m for PPIP, leaving Oaktree as the last firm to reach the benchmark.
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- Illinois Universities invests $120m in ‘toxic assets’
The US pension is the latest to join the government’s programme meant to jumpstart the credit markets, which CalPERS has said it will not join.
- New York Common sets aside $200m for ‘toxic assets’
The $126bn pension has created a new allocation to house its investments in the US Public Private Investment Programme.
- Obama chooses PE exec to head US pension agency
The departure of Joshua Gotbaum from Blue Wolf Capital will not trigger a key-man clause.
- CIC to invest in US real estate
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund has held talks with BlackRock, Invesco and Lone Star as it looks to the US real estate market and distressed mortgage securities, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- Five firms raise $3bn to buy toxic assets
Invesco, TCW and Blackrock are among the firms that have held initial closings on funds that will buy distressed assets from banks and help reinvigorate the US credit markets.
- Credit Suisse pushes back into asset management in Japan
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) is setting up a Tokyo-based investment management company. The new entity will offer alternative assets, including private equity, to Japan's pension funds.
- CVC strengthens FIG team with senior advisors
As it looks to deploy $20bn in dry powder, CVC has hired financial services industry veterans Bob Jenkins and Jim Sutcliffe to advise on the sector.
- CIC plans $2bn US mortgage securities splurge
The Chinese Sovereign Wealth fund has reportedly shortlisted nine fund managers taking part in the US Public-Private Investment Plan.