A state-owned investment bank is targetting Berlin's burgeoning creative industry sector with a venture fund.
The activity includes commitments to Advent and Summit.
GLG Partners, a European alternative investment manager, is picking up a 29.6 percent interest in Origo Sino-India.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has re-upped with Bridgepoint and developed three new relationships.
Michael Lee-Chin has raised $225 million for a Caribbean-focussed private equity fund targeting $400 million.
Mumbai-based Quantum Equity Advisors has launched a private equity infrastructure fund in its maiden fundraising attempt.
The Bear Stearns-badged, quoted fund of funds is confident it will get away a $300m placement on the London Stock Exchange and complete a delisting of a Macquarie fund despite the US bank’s woes.
XAnge has closed its most recent fund, counting Moroccan LPs among its investors.
The California pension has now charged Invesco with investing a total of $300 million with less-established and sometimes overlooked GPs.
The Boston-based global private equity firm exceeded its original goal of €2.5 billion. Meanwhile, the firm is nearing an additional $15 billion for two other funds.