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SEC slams Blackstone over monitoring feesThe buyout giant will pay $39m for failing to fully disclose its accelerated monitoring fee practices and certain legal fee discounts it had received, representing the largest SEC settlement by a private fund manager to date.
- Accel-KKR closes fifth buyout fund on $1.3 bn
The Californian firm will continue targeting small cap and lower midmarket software and IT-enabled services companies.
- Kentucky Retirement: we’re doing nothing wrong with fees
The Kentucky pension system said the jump in its investment expenses this fiscal year compared to last year was due to change in accounting methodology.
- WSIB commits $750m to Warburg
Washington State Investment Board has invested $3.3bn in eight Warburg Pincus funds since 1994.
- Carlyle raises $1 billion for third Japanese buyout fund
The mid-cap fund raised ¥119.5 billion surpassing its ¥100 billion target.
- CPPIB and MBK buy out Tesco’s Homeplus for $6bn
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board joins private equity consortium to acquire minority interest in South Korean supermarket chain from UK retailer Tesco.
- Investment in CEE companies hits record high
Central and Eastern Europe received €1.3 billion in private equity and venture capital investments in 2014.
- Impetus-PEF launches record philanthropy fund
A venture capital fund backed by industry professionals will work with three UK charities focused on education and employment for underprivileged youth.
- PE targeted in Kentucky pension lawsuit
KKR, Blackstone and Carlyle are named as defendants in a class action lawsuit filed by Kentucky public schoolteachers against the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System.
- Tata Opportunities Fund II could launch in 2016
Its current fund is expected to be fully invested in the next six to nine months.