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KKR offers preferred return for first timeThe firm’s decision to offer a preferred return after years of resistance is symptomatic of the pushback LPs are showing on fund terms.
- Maine gets $30m access to KKR
The $10bn pension system, which only started investing in private equity in 2008, has added some of the biggest names in the asset class to its portfolio, including KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman.
- Cerberus hires Goldman exec for European debt
The firm has been growing its European distressed debt trading platform and has brought on Goldman Sachs executive Allen Ukritnukun to lead the team as it works to capitalise on the enormous distressed opportunity in the region.
- KKR partners with Google on solar deal
KKR financed its first renewable energy investment in the US through a new $95m vehicle known as SunTap Energy, with plans to invest in similar projects.
- Large LPs want a special relationship
Separate accounts are all the rage, for good reasons.
- Searchlight slips into Hunter Boots
Searchlight, a private equity firm founded by ex-KKR partner Oliver Haarmann last year, has bought fashionable boots manufacturer Hunter Boots.
- NJ: ‘Strategic relationships’ are the future of private equity
A 1% management fee on invested capital was one of several choice economic terms that New Jersey's alternatives chief Christine Pastore helped build into customised funds managed by Blackstone.
- Arle makes twin hires to support revised strategy
Arle Capital Partners - formerly Candover Partners - has hired two investment team members including Sara Sulaiman (pictured) as part of a drive to re-shape its strategic focus.
- Permira, TPG and KKR join up with CDB
A powerhouse pact between the three PE firms and state-owned China Development Bank is likely to accelerate the flow of capital in and out of China.
- New Jersey forms $1.8bn partnership with Blackstone
The $66bn pension projects saving $120m in fees over the life of the partnership, in which the system will allocate capital to traditional Blackstone funds and customised accounts with ‘1% and 15%’ term structures.