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Former StepStone exec launches direct investment firm

James Gamett has launched Sweetwater Capital Partners to specialise in direct, co-investments and secondaries.

1 min read · 02 June 2016

CalPERS ‘closes chapter’ on bribery scandal

The $293bn US pension fund has introduced a number of controls designed to prevent another scandal like ‘Pay-to-Play’.

2 min read · 01 June 2016

HarbourVest plans board review

London-listed HabourVest Global Private Equity plans to appoint consultants to conduct an appraisal of its board.

2 min read · 31 May 2016

Carlyle head of financial services group resigns – reports

Olivier Sarkozy's departure comes less than a week after the firm announced Mitch Petrick, head of global market strategies at the Carlyle Group, will step down to launch his own firm.

1 min read · 26 May 2016

EQT closes VC fund, seeks to disrupt itself

The firm has raised €566 million to invest in fast growth European businesses and hired a cadre of tech experts to work at the firm and across the entire portfolio.

2 min read · 26 May 2016

Electra calls time on investment manager

The listed investment trust has served notice on Electra Partners, which currently manages its portfolio on an exclusive basis.

2 min read · 26 May 2016

Cathay Capital hires finance veteran as managing partner

Bruno Bézard, a former Inspector General of Finance in France, will join the Paris-based firm in July.

3 min read · 25 May 2016

CPPIB PE portfolio grows faster than public equities

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s private equity investments increased four times more than its public investments.

2 min read · 24 May 2016

Dunkerley leaves Fondinvest amid fraud claim - Exclusive

The Department of Justice has charged seven individuals including Hugh Dunkerley, who bought Paris-based fund of funds Fondinvest last year, with defrauding investors and a Native American tribe.

3 min read · 23 May 2016

Shoreline seeks Chinese distressed debt

Guangzhou, China-based Shoreline capital spoke with Private Equity International about the demand for buying distressed debt in China.

2 min read · 23 May 2016

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