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As the issue of own capital at risk comes to the fore ahead of the UK October budget, Rami Cassis, chief executive of family-run office Parabellum Investments, argues GPs should be upping their skin in the game.

Documents prepared for a US pension shed light on the performance of the firm's growth funds as it seeks $9bn for its 12th vintage.

Despite the increased target, the pension system's private equity allocation remains overweight by 1.8%.

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The new flagship offering's target size is 12% larger than Fund IX, which closed in 2021 on $5.6bn.

Mekong Enterprise Fund IV is nearing full deployment across a diverse range of investments, including in the regenerative agriculture space through biochar fertiliser company Husk.

The hire will also help further the bank's advisory work in control deals, firm-level financings and NAV loans.

Details of Thoma Bravo Fund XVI and the returns of its predecessors have been disclosed in US pension materials.

The transaction has been backed by capital from long-term yield-oriented institutions and not traditional secondaries firms, PEI understands.