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Low-carbon specialist Ara Partners eyes $500m March first closeThe firm is part owned by Capital Constellation, a GP seeding JV between the Alaska Permanent Fund, RPMI Railpen and Wafra, which acquired a minority stake in 2018.
LACERA mulls GP stakes opportunityVersus investing as an LP in PE funds, LACERA could benefit from regular and stable cashflows and the growth of GPs if it gets into the GP stakes market, according to a staff review in July.
Wafra CIO's advice to GPs: Focus on dealsRussell Valdez of the $25bn investor discusses how GPs can ease pressing concerns of LPs and how the firm is supporting its managers during the coronavirus crisis.
Side Letter: Lockdown recruitment, Pollen St sale, denominator concernsEven in lockdown, recruiting in PE continues. Plus: Pollen's minority stake sale, GPs' reaction to the covid-19 crisis and concern levels around the denominator effect. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Emerging managers offer bright spot amid covid-19Emerging managers' innovative investment strategies and hunger to outperform make them an attractive proposition for LPs looking to deploy capital in a dislocated market.
Side Letter: How Whitehorse shook up the market, Ardian's giant fund, raising rescue capitalWe have taken a look inside the secondaries market's most talked-about upstart. Plus: news on various rescue funds, more money for seeding new GPs and how Ardian's mega secondaries fund is bigger than people think. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Alaska Permanent fields spin-out offers for alts unitThe $68bn investor has received 'unsolicited proposals' to partially outsource and invest its alternative asset investment unit.
Rosemont closes first permanent capital investment“You don’t have a gun to the head and won’t make decisions that can put you at odds with management because of misaligned timeframes and agendas,” according to founder Chas Burkhart.
Side Letter: Brexit blues, EQT's co-investment plans, LPs band togetherIn 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU, yet three years later squabbling over exactly how and whether this should happen is pouring cold water on PE fundraising and deals in Britain. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
KIA and AP3 join emerging manager-focused LP groupThe Kuwaiti and Swedish investors bring the combined funds of Capital Constellation – which launched last year as a partnership between three LPs – to $1bn.