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  • Tennessee considers secondaries investments
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    Three months after announcing its first ever private equity commitments, the $27bn pension is mulling a move into secondaries to diversify its vintage year exposure.

  • ‘Pass-the-parcel’ comes back into fashion
    Toby Mitchenall- 5 January 2013

    A number of recent and current deals suggest that the secondary buyout – a mainstay of the credit boom era – may be making a comeback.

  • NY Common sticks with PE amid scandal investigation
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The pension’s $200m commitment to Hellman & Friedman, is evidence that it plans to continue to back private equity funds despite an ongoing pay-to-play investigation.

  • Florida commits more than $770m to private equity
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The Florida State Board of Administration has committed more than $1bn to the asset class in 2009.

  • TA woos LPs with lower carry for 11th fund
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    TA Associates raised a $4 billion fund in just nine months, thanks in part to the firm’s decision to reduce its promote from 25% to 20%.

  • TA invests $200m in CEE software company
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    The largest private equity deal in the CEE region this year also represents a partial exit for Enterprise Investors.

  • Tennessee approves $150m in first ever PE commitments
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The $27bn pension chose TA Associates, Hellman & Friedman and Khosla Ventures to receive its debut private equity commitments.

  • TA Associates closes $4bn Fund XI
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    The 41-year-old private equity firm beat the $3.5bn target for its latest fund. Its reduction of carry to 20% from 25% is not the only reason it resonated with LPs, managing director Brian Conway told PEO.

  • Private equity mid-market to see impact if CIT falls
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The US mid-market lender, with more than $60bn of assets, has served as an important source of debt for private equity firms that operate in the mid-market.

  • Advent International's Secret Sauce: Insights from Regional Chiefs Gathering
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    In a year marked by much doom and gloom, Advent International has been on fire. Its deal pace has been dynamic, fundraising feverish and returns impressive. At a recent gathering of its 12 senior managing partners in Boston, Amanda Janis sat down with four regional chiefs who shared some of the ingredients comprising Advent's ‘secret sauce’.