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PE waits for currency hub detailsChina’s regulators have yet to approve implementing details for the Qianhai currency hub, where resident firms can take advantage of liberalised cross-border RMB transactions.
- First Round: The Dirty (Dishes) Dozen
In March, the great and good of UK private equity descended on the Victoria & Albert Museum for the valedictory fundraising dinner of the Private Equity Foundation, an industry-backed group that supports and develops youth charities. As ever, the highlight was the blind auction, where guests bid generously for prizes donated by various buyout firms and managers.
- Fundraising Special: Degrees of Separation
Separate accounts and lower fees for certain LPs are widely reported, but how close are they to becoming widespread? Simon Meads reports.
- Friends in high places
Democratic Representative Jim Himes tells PEI why he thinks private equity firms aren’t important enough for mandatory SEC registration. By Sam Sutton
- Fundraising Special: A risky business
Private equity groups are hoping for a better year on the fundraising trail in 2013, as global investors start to seek out better returns from their investments, writes Simon Meads.
- Briefing: Rediscovering Japan
Long shunned as uninspiring, Japan is getting a second look from global firms and LPs – thanks partly to its underperforming neighbours.
- Study: Southeast Asia exits soar
PE exits of portfolio companies in Southeast Asia last year more than doubled in terms of deal value, a trend expected to continue, according to a Bain & Company report.
- KKR hires Petraeus to head new division
The former director of the CIA will work alongside KKR’s head of public affairs and head of asset allocation on both public policy issues and portfolio company due diligence.
- Oregon commits another $250m to KKR
The Oregon Investment Council authorised an additional commitment to KKR’s North America Fund XI ‘for more favourable fee arrangements’. The system committed $525m to the fund in 2011.
- Five Minutes with Marc Ciancimino
Company refinancings should continue to provide opportunities for investors as companies are forced to adjust their capital structures, according to Marc Ciancimino, head of KKR’s mezzanine group.