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Centerbridge invests $216m in Focus FinancialThe deal is expected to close in the third quarter and Summit Partners and Polaris Venture Partners will retain their stakes, despite previously selling portions.
Pay Disparities Remain Big Part Of LP LandscapeThe highest-paid public official in many states is—not a big surprise—the college football or basketball coach. But not in Wisconsin. There, the top spot last year went to David Villa, the chief investment officer for the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, who earned $834,000 in total compensation, including a $421,000 bonus, according to Wisconsin’s Dept of Administration. Villa’s pay far exceeded that of Gov. Scott Walker, who earned $143,872.
- Onex Launches Fund IV With $4.5B Target
Onex Corp, the publicly traded Canadian buyouts investor, is downsizing slightly for its latest vehicle.
- Olympus Up To $2.2B On Fund VI; Close To Finish
Following a second closing in June, Olympus Partners is up to $2.2 billion on Olympus Growth Fund VI LP, and the firm is “pretty much done” with the fundraise, according to a source close to the effort.
- LP Scorecard: Top, Bottom MassPRIM Mid-Market Funds
The usual mid-market suspect comes top of this week’s scorecard looking at the top performers of the $49 billion Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board private equity portfolio as of September 30, 2012. The scorecard also highlights the bottom five performers of this sub-set, which interestingly also includes this week’s top performer.
peHUB First ReadHappy Valentine's morning. Today First Read brings you the top companies that love this day the most; the lowdown on Mass PRIM's PE allocations and which nation has the fastest 4G speed.
- Friday Letter: Breakfast reading
How many institutional investors in need of yield coughed into their cornflakes recently when they read what was currently being generated in private equity and other non-mainstream asset classes?
- Big Vacancies Filled, Pension Exodus Is Over... For Now
With the appointment this month of Michael Bailey as chief of private equity at the $51 billion Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, most of the top-level vacancies for CIOs and private equity officers at the nation’s biggest pension funds have been filled. How long they’ll stay filled is the big question.