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San Diego seeks infrastructure consultantThe $5.1bn San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System is searching for a consultant to roll out its 3% allocation to infrastructure, which translates to about $150m for the asset class.
- LPs boost hard-cap on EIG fund to $4bn
EIG Energy Fund XV, which launched in February 2010, had ‘soft-circle commitments’ that exceeded the firm’s original hard-cap of $3.5bn. The firm’s original target was $2.5bn.
- Goldman builds private placement team
The investment bank has been trying to recruit professionals for a team that would raise private equity funds, a business Goldman says it has been in ‘for a number of years’ and is ‘interested in growing’.
- Carlyle hires global real estate IR pro
Alok Gaur, formerly of Credit Suisse Real Estate Private Funds Group and more recently Greenhill & Co, has joined Carlyle in its Washington DC headquarters.
- Vista Equity launches $2.5bn fundraise
The firm, with offices in Austin, Texas; San Francisco and Chicago, is expected to hit its target with relative ease, according to existing LPs who point to the firm’s strong track record.
- Wynnchurch closes Fund III on $603m
The Chicago-based mid-market firm has more than doubled its capital under management with its third fund, which closed roughly $100m over target.
- New Jersey considers big secondaries offering
The state’s $70bn pension is considering selling a big chunk of its private equity portfolio to pare down relationships and potentially 'kick-start' the programme that has been mostly inactive for two years.
- Schöchlin switches from Terra Firma to Antin
Antin Infrastructure Partners, the Paris-based fund manager which closed an oversubscribed debut fund on €1.1bn in September last year, has announced the appointment of Angelika Schöchlin as partner.
- Carlyle acquires Alpinvest
Dutch pension giants APG and PGGM have sold their stakes in the €32bn fund of funds to The Carlyle Group.
- Actis bolsters investor relations team
The emerging markets specialist has appointed fundraising veteran Marc Nahum as a distribution director for Europe and the Middle East within its investor development group.