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  • CalSTRS GPs divided over fee disclosure
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPreeti Singh- 9 May 2019

    The pension has to ask funds it invested in before 2017 if it can make their fees and expenses public, and almost half said no.

  • TA Associates holds ‘one-and-done’ on largest growth equity fund this year
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPreeti Singh- 7 May 2019

    Fund XIII is 60% larger than its predecessor and was raised in a matter of months.

  • Payrix garners $22 mln
    Iris Dorbian- 23 April 2019

    Payrix Payments Technology, a technology platform for flexible payments, has secured $22 million in funding. The lead investor was Blue Star Innovation Partners, a fund founded by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the Jones family and entrepreneur Rob Wechsler and Providence Strategic Growth, the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners.

  • Sector specialisation: Long delayed in Europe, now gaining traction
    CommentaryGuest Writer- 17 April 2019

    As the evolving PE landscape poses challenges for generalists, will sector specialists finally come to the fore in Europe, asks Monument Group's Janet Brooks.

  • How to avoid conflicts in stapled secondaries deals
    FeaturedAdam Le- 16 April 2019

    Full disclosure and fairness opinions are the best ways to mitigate potential conflicts of interest in stapled deals.

  • Brookfield’s union with Oaktree: GDAM, they want credit
    Private Equity News & AnalysisAndrew Hedlund- 14 March 2019

    With the addition of Oaktree, a respected credit business, Brookfield has shown how debt investing has risen to prominence post-global financial crisis and become crucial for being a global diversified asset manager.

  • Side Letter: Japan's $18bn fail, Providence at pace, operator-led GPs
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPEI Staff- 5 March 2019

    While PE folk gather in NYC to discuss responsible investment, officials in Japan are wondering where it all went wrong for an $18 billion fund. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

  • Providence seeks $2bn for latest growth fund
    Private Equity News & AnalysisPreeti Singh- 4 March 2019

    The firm is back in market just eight months after it closed its third growth fund, which is already 90% deployed.

  • Jobcase raises $100 mln led by Providence Equity Partners
    Alastair Goldfisher- 28 February 2019

    Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Jobcase, which operates a platform for the blue-collar-oriented workforce, announced it raised $100 million in growth equity led by Providence Strategic Growth. The company last year closed an $11.5 million round led by Providence and has now raised about $118 million total. Jobcase was founded in 2015 by Frederick Goff, a onetime trader and hedge fund manager who previously was CEO of Percipio Capital Management.