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Off-duty: Trilantic North America’s Kristin DePlatchett on soccer, cage diving with sharks and a term LPs hate

The hurly-burly of the soccer field helped prepare DePlatchett for private equity: 'It taught me how you can be hyper-competitive and love to win, but still be collaborative and work well in a team system.'

4 min read · 23 June 2022

TCDRS confirms $50m commitment

TCDRS has backed IDG Capital's seventh Venture Capital Fund.

1 min read · 23 June 2022

Side Letter: ICG's $5bn bet on GP-leds; ESG's legislative headwinds; China's token test

The biggest ever pot of capital has been raised to back GPs selling assets to themselves. Plus: Legislative action in the US reminds us that what can seem like an inexorable march towards sustainability is not quite that simple; and the tokenisation of private markets has taken another step forward, this time in China. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers.

5 min read · 23 June 2022

Cathay Life Insurance commits $25m each to two OrbiMed Advisors funds

The Taiwan-based insurance company has backed two private equity funds.

1 min read · 23 June 2022

LPs beware, because ‘everybody has a great track record’, says LGT’s Vercoutère

With so much recent track record unrealised, investors must focus on cash-on-cash, says Ivan Vercoutère, co-founder of LGT Capital Partners.

2 min read · 23 June 2022

Rhode Island finishes commitments for the year with Paine Schwartz pledge

Rhode Island is the latest state to reach its maximum number of commitments halfway through the year.

2 min read · 22 June 2022

Howard Hughes Medical private equity chief to step down

DeNinno’s move is among a slew of LP moves in recent months, as GPs look to enhance their fundraising firepower with IR talent, and larger LP institutions seek talent from a small pool.

2 min read · 22 June 2022

Side Letter: Rede's Liquidity Index; Railpen's boss loss; PE's token talent tussle

Rede's latest liquidity index reveals the sharpest drop in investor sentiment toward private equity since the report began. Plus: Railpen's private markets head is turning GP; and the tussle for tokenisation talent appears to be heating up. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 22 June 2022

The 2022 PEI 300 in eight charts

From new entrants to biggest risers and fallers and capital raising by region, our interactive presentation digs deeper into this year’s PEI 300.

1 min read · 21 June 2022

Riverstone spinout Sandbrook Capital targets $1bn for debut climate fund

Sandbrook appears to have persevered despite fundraising headwinds. After only six months of marketing, the emerging manager secured more than three-quarters of Fund I’s target, sources told Buyouts.

3 min read · 21 June 2022

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