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Texas TRS commits $180m to private equity

The Austin-based pension fund made three new private equity commitments focused on buyouts and growth equity opportunities in North America and Western Europe.

1 min read · 13 January 2025

AusSuper’s Charalambous: ‘Our plan is to roughly double the PE portfolio’

Australia's largest pension fund aims to grow its exposure from 5% to 8%, PE head Terry Charalambous tells PEI in this NEXUS 2025 preview interview.

5 min read · 13 January 2025

San Bernardino boosts PE allocation goal amid slower distributions

The pension's overall private markets allocations are oriented toward a strong early distribution strategy, according to its pacing plan.

2 min read · 13 January 2025

Side Letter: Mercury in retrograde

Global placement firm Mercury Capital Advisors appears to be the latest victim of a fundraising slowdown. Plus: Partners Group has a new co-head of private equity partnership investments. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 13 January 2025

Texas TRS commits $305m to private equity

The Albany-based pension fund made four new private equity commitments focused on buyouts and growth equity opportunities in North America and Western Europe.

1 min read · 13 January 2025

Belgium's Smartfin raises €250m for third growth fund

The fund's investors include the European Investment Fund.

1 min read · 10 January 2025

DOWNLOAD: Private equity fundraising in North America dips for third year in a row

Buyout, growth equity, venture capital, secondaries and other private equity funds raised $501bn as of December 31, down 21% from $631bn secured in 2023.

1 min read · 10 January 2025

Antoine Dréan's 10 outrageous predictions for private equity in 2025

BlackRock partners with Shopify, Coller Capital launches a niche fund and EQT and Vista are acquired, according to the investment veteran's latest fictional forecast.

6 min read · 10 January 2025

Iconiq Growth names former Datadog president GP

Amit Agarwal, who stepped down as president of Datadog at the end of 2024, has been named a general partner at Iconiq Growth.

2 min read · 09 January 2025

DOWNLOAD: 2024 was weakest year for fundraising since covid-19 pandemic

Fundraising dropped 18% from 2023, driven by a quiet second half and muted activity in Asia-Pacific.

2 min read · 09 January 2025

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