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Side Letter: PE's biggest investors; KKR's impact boss loss; Europe's maturity wallOur biggest GI 100 ranking yet. Plus: KKR's head of global impact for Asia is on the move; and why private equity's debt maturity wall isn't looking as bleak in Europe. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: PE's $400bn LP market; LACERA's PE appetite; ex-Goldman boss resurfacesWe've compiled an introductory guide to a mammoth, and comparatively untapped, PE market. Plus: LACERA has become even more bullish on PE and an ex-Goldman boss has launched a PE firm. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Ipreo acquires GP analytics group iLEVELBlackstone and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking-owned portfolio company team up to acquire private capital data provider to tap into the need for greater reporting transparency
- Tailwind Capital’s Fund II closes at $1.05bn
Fund II beat its $750m target and will focus on North American healthcare, business and communications sectors.
- LP Radar - May 2015
See the latest private equity LP updates, including allocation changes and people moves
- Tailwind Capital Partners raises $775m for second fund
The firm invests in middle market companies across a variety of sectors
- Detroit pension moves forward with private equity
The bankrupt city’s $2bn General Retirement System will interview Landmark and Lexington as it searches for a manager to run a $15m allocation to private equity secondaries.
- LP Radar: Detroit’s private equity problem
Detroit is the largest city in the US to file for protection under Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code, and so there are still a lot of unanswered questions – not least around its obligations to keep up with capital calls from GPs
- NYC considers purchasing secondary interests
The $124bn retirement system would likely focus on individual interests in existing relationships, says head of private equity Barry Miller.
- Vector nabs COO from Thomas Weisel
The Bay Area private equity firm has hired David Baylor to helm operations as the company grows.