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Amid pricing uncertainties, Lexington emerges as buyer of the CalPERS portfolio

The challenges of selling such a big offering are highlighted by growing uncertainty around secondaries pricing, which is weakening amid public market volatility, rising inflation and geopolitical shocks from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

2 min read · 08 March 2022

Emerging manager Lios Partners plans to bump up size of inaugural fund

Lios Partners Fund I, earmarked for investments across the food value chain, is targeting $200m, sources said. The hard-cap is $300m.

2 min read · 08 March 2022

Illinois Teachers’ pension tests secondaries pricing with $1bn-plus portfolio

Portfolios with valuations pegged to September 30 no longer reflect market dynamics, including public market volatility, plunging tech valuations and geopolitical turmoil sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

2 min read · 07 March 2022

Bain & Co: Macro uncertainty is the biggest enemy of dealmaking

Inflation and rising interest rates, as well as the uncertainty surrounding the Ukraine conflict, could cause a turn of fortunes in the industry, says Bain’s EVP of private equity.

4 min read · 07 March 2022

I’m a non-US GP – will the SEC’s proposals affect me?

The degree to which non-US sponsors would be impacted by the changes depends on whether they are registered with the SEC.

3 min read · 07 March 2022

SEC claims Alumni Ventures Group misled LPs by accelerating management fees

The firm repaid $4.7m to affected funds and agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty, the SEC said.

4 min read · 04 March 2022

Off-duty: Thoma Bravo’s Holden Spaht on Ellie Mae, Waylon Jennings and the Bayou Bengals

Spaht shares with us his out-of-office passions and philanthropic interest, his advice to budding PE professionals, and his fantasy job as an ESPN host.

2 min read · 04 March 2022

Ex-Goldman boss raises $1.7bn war chest for cross-border deals

Cornell Capital Partners II has already made three investments, representing roughly a quarter of its portfolio, founder Henry Cornell told PEI.

2 min read · 02 March 2022

CDPQ, OMERS prosper in last year’s red-hot PE deal market

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec reported earning a one-year net return of 39.2% from its PE investments in 2021, while OMERS reported a one-year net return of 25.8%.

3 min read · 01 March 2022

TPG boosts fundraising ambitions for next flagship pool

Some industry professionals are questioning whether uncertainty in the public markets and geopolitical crises will cause fundraising to slow down from its frenetic pace of the last few years.

2 min read · 01 March 2022

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