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  • Special report: TPG goes into real estate
    Robin Marriott- 5 January 2013

    TPG, formerly known as the Texas Pacific Group, is making a push into real estate using its latest private equity funds – TPG Partners V and the gargantuan TPG Partners VI, which raised $18.8 billion in 2008.

  • Recipe for succession
    Jenny Blinch- 5 January 2013

    The departure of TPG Capital’s top man in China highlights an unsustainable emphasis placed on key men.

  • CalPERS documents show ARVCO collected most fees
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    Documents also reveal Quadrangle paid a fee to UBS for the successful outcome of an LP vote to preserve the investment period on its latest fund after a key-man clause was triggered.

  • Opening the books
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    Disclosure information provided by CalPERS reveals a $58m fee haul for ARVCO Financial Ventures and other snippets of placement agent intelligence

  • More PE firms may consider broker-dealer divisions
    Jennifer Harris- 5 January 2013

    As regulations governing private fundraising multiply, private equity firms are increasingly considering creating internal broker-dealers. TPG and KKR are among those with such divisions.

  • Ethics probe-linked firm collects most placement fees for CalPERS investments
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    Pension documents detailing ARVCO's fee income related to CalPERS also reveal TPG has a broker-dealer affiliate and that Quadrangle paid a fee to UBS for the successful outcome of an LP vote to preserve the investment period on its latest fund.

  • US charges 14, alleging insider trading on PE deals
    Jennifer Harris- 5 January 2013

    An 'insider trading network' allegedly paid cash in exchange for tips on deals backed by Silver Lake, TPG, Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone.

  • From roulette to reward
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    Linklaters’ Hugo Stolkin, partner, and Kim Latypov, managing associate, track Russia's progress in from the cold.

  • South Korean pension to invest in $7bn TPG fund
    Siddharth Poddar- 4 January 2013

    The head of Korea’s largest pension fund has told PEO it is close to committing $300 million to a TPG distressed investment fund as it seeks to increase private equity allocations.

  • Iberia financing nearly in place(3)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    The TPG Capital-BA consortium has secured a team of banks to underwrite its bid for Spanish airline Iberia, after the chief executive of the UK airline Willie Walsh said the bid would be tabled within four to six weeks.