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Texas Teachers’ to name PE advisorThe $109bn pension will choose between Hamilton Lane and Altius Associates as its private equity advisor to help meet its goal of spending $1.5bn on the asset class this year.
- HSBC hires head for private equity push
HSBC has made ex-UBS banker Simon Jennings (pictured) head of private equity, a newly-created role, as it seeks to broaden its alternatives offering.
- Nordic Capital in €9.6bn pharma exit
Nordic Capital has led a consortium of investors in the sale of pharmaceutical company Nycomed to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. The deal marks the second time Nordic has sold the Zurich-headquartered business.
- Hicks-backed metals company files $175m IPO
Latrobe Specialty Metals, purchased for $250m in 2006 by Hicks Holdings and The Watermill Group, intends to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LAT.
- Atlantic-Pacific to offer secondaries services
The placement agency has put together a team that will work with limited partners to manage their portfolios and run secondary sales.
- PE trio in $3.3bn Warner Music exit
The record label backed by Bain Capital, Providence Equity Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners is to be sold to Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries before the end of Q3 2011.
- ArcLight nears $600m for Fund V
The Boston-based energy investor has indicated in a regulatory filing that it has raised that much for its latest fund, which is targeting $2bn in total commitments.
- Goldman Sachs launches maiden RMB fund
The US giant is targeting RMB5bn for growth capital investments and the restructurings of Chinese state-owned enterprises.
- Credit Suisse’s Brennan to join Carlyle
Jessica Hoffman Brennan will join former Credit Suisse executives Michael Arpey and Alok Gaur on Carlyle’s investor relations team.
- New York hires Credit Suisse exec
Rafique DeCastro oversees private equity fund due diligence, portfolio construction and monitoring for New York City’s $115bn pension system. He formerly worked at Credit Suisse’s Customized Fund Investment Group.