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Australian watchdog sues super fund over ‘misleading’ ESG claims

This is the regulator’s third greenwashing-related lawsuit in the space of six months, following its crackdown on misleading ESG claims this year.

3 min read · 14 August 2023

Access Holdings collects about $805m to invest in mid-market

Access Holdings raised $525 million for its second fund, beating its $500 million target; and secured an additional $280 million for a Fund II co-investment.

1 min read · 14 August 2023

Princeton Equity Group wraps up sophomore fund at $575m

Princeton invests in franchisor and multi-unit companies.

1 min read · 14 August 2023

Side Letter: CVC's Asia fund; CPP's currency crunch; Mercer's wealth boss loss

CVC Capital Partners has raised a significant chunk of capital for its latest APAC fund at a challenging time for the region. Plus: currency fluctuations impacted CPP's returns last quarter; and one of Mercer's senior APAC execs is on the move. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

5 min read · 14 August 2023

Inside the AP7-HarbourVest evergreen PE fund

The launch of the strategy, which is focused on secondaries and co-investments, follows a change in Swedish pension regulation allowing higher allocation to alternatives.

4 min read · 14 August 2023

San Joaquin pension downshifts on private equity

The system has had an inconsistent pacing plan since its inception in 2013.

2 min read · 11 August 2023

Overexposed Michigan, slowing on PE, pulls back on secondary

The process is an example of the kind of challenges faced by secondaries participants, with pricing discrepancies continuing to prevent sales from making it to final close.

2 min read · 11 August 2023

Fundraising deadlines extend, anxiety over incoming SEC rules

I take it that the side letter ask has gotten no less burdensome over the years, and any sort of relief, even one imposed by the SEC, could be viewed as a welcome change by GPs.

3 min read · 11 August 2023

LA City committed $135m to emerging managers in 2022

The system has one of the nation’s oldest emerging manager programs.

2 min read · 10 August 2023

Time is money: KKR’s long-dated assets nearly triple since 2020

One of the challenges in raising LP capital is long-duration investing remains “a younger part of the private equity asset class,” co-CEO Scott Nutall said.

3 min read · 10 August 2023

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