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OpenGate hits the market targeting $300 mln for debut

OpenGate Capital, the firm famous for buying TV Guide for $1, is in the market targeting $300 million for its debut fund, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

2 min read · 02 February 2015

NJ finds no pay-to-play violation in General Catalyst commitment

New Jersey state Treasury investigators found no wrongdoing in venture firm General Catalyst’s decision to not report a political contribution from one of its executives-in-residence – now Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker – months before the state pension committed millions to the firm.

3 min read · 30 January 2015

Blackstone to share all deal fees with Fund VII LPs

The Blackstone Group will share 100 percent of any deal or monitoring fees with limited partners in its seventh flagship fund, which is in the market targeting at least $16 billion.

2 min read · 29 January 2015

McMullen leaves H.I.G. Capital’s middle-market group

Brian McMullen, a former principal at H.I.G. Capital on the middle market investment team, left the firm recently, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

2 min read · 27 January 2015

Wilbur Ross reimburses LPs after fee offset 'miscalculated': sources

WL Ross & Co said it has reimbursed investors in its fifth flagship fund after it “changed the methodology” of how it calculates certain fee offsets, a change some sources characterized as correcting a miscalculation.

2 min read · 26 January 2015

U.S. investors take shine to U.K.'s BlueGem

1 min read · 26 January 2015

Riverstone to launch energy credit fund amid oil price turbulence: sources

Riverstone Holdings is setting up an energy debt fund to take advantage of the dislocations roiling the markets as the price of oil continues to sink, according to three people with knowledge of the effort.

2 min read · 22 January 2015

Back to School: Secondary volume goes through the roof

This is just getting crazy now.

3 min read · 22 January 2015

Middle-market GPs split costs with LPs in many ways: Study

3 min read · 21 January 2015

Veteran LP Kelly Williams to step back into advisory role

Kelly Williams, a veteran limited partner, will take a step back as head of the highly successful customized funds-of-funds group that she co-founded, sources said.

2 min read · 20 January 2015

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