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Climate+, a long-term asset fund aimed at DC pensions, will invest across private markets.

TPG and Canada's AIMCo have an unusual multi-fund agreement. Plus: efforts to clear up the SEC's private funds marketing rule appear to have fallen flat; and the UK's first LTAF will be climate-focused. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The life sciences unit increased its original €175m hard-cap to allow for more investment into the portfolio companies it seeks to back.

Legal experts outline what foreign GPs entering China's domestic PE market should expect in terms of LP composition, fund terms and the burgeoning QFLP scheme.

An exit market slowdown is starting to crimp investors, especially as many are also overexposed to private equity due to the denominator effect.

A key aspect of the debut Pathfinder fund is its social impact pledge, with Ares committing to donate at least 10% of the vehicle’s carried interest profits to global health and education charities. Fund II is expected to take a similar approach.

The US pension fund has backed multiple private equity vehicles.

Private equity appetites globally remain on the rise, with Japan a particular bright spot. Plus: France's Omnes Capital is throwing in the towel when it comes to LBOs; and California is pushing ahead with ESG reporting legislation. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Three family offices will acquire a 20% stake in Armen, which was founded last year by Ardian’s Dominique Gaillard and Capza’s Laurent Bénard.

Though China remains the biggest PE market in APAC, other countries are getting a bigger share of dealmaking as investors look to diversify geographically, according to Bain & Co’s Asia-Pacific Private Equity Report 2023.