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Despite reduction, Oregon has billions for PEOregon’s public employees’ pension is reducing its commitment pace to private equity, but still has $2bn for the asset class this year.
- HgCapital launches £400m TMT fundraise
The vehicle will invest alongside the firm’s £2bn sixth fund. Former Apax executive Matthew Brockman will lead the lower mid-market effort.
- KKR hires head of European distress
Former York Capital executive Mubashir Mukadam will lead the European special situations arm of KKR’s expanding $15 billion asset management platform.
- Enough already: mega-fund bashing misses the point
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.
- KKR closes $1bn China fund
The publicly listed firm collected $5bn for new strategies last year, including infrastructure, natural resources and mezzanine investments.
- PEI Awards: Oaktree, Apax retain crowns
The results are in: Oaktree and Apax are among the winners that have once again been honoured by peers in the PEI Awards. Meanwhile, TPG swept the boards in Asia, while Actis, Blackstone, Bridgepoint, Robeco, CalPERS, Temasek and Partners Group were also considered standouts by voters.
- Washington State slashes KKR re-up by $1bn
The state’s investment board committed $500m to KKR’s eleventh North American fund. Despite the re-up reduction, KKR has already raised more than $1bn since launching the fund earlier this year.
- TPG buys stake in VTB for $100m
The firm is participating in a $3.3bn public offering for a 10% stake in the Russian state-owned bank.
- Carlyle gets green light on $304m traffic safety deal
Carlyle and Macquarie will take private Melbourne-headquartered Redflex, the company behind cameras used in the US to catch red light runners.
- KKR hires ex-Clinton official as Asian public affairs chief
Steven Okun, a former deputy general counsel at the US Department of Transportation, will lead the firm's regional public affairs, corporate citizenship initiatives and external communications.