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Side Letter: Wellcome Trust welcomes long holds; Hellman's partner departures

The UK's Wellcome Trust supports GPs holding assets for longer – and alignment is key. Plus: three partners are expected to leave Hellman; and Temasek has earmarked $3.6 billion for the climate crisis. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 07 June 2022

CHART: The biggest dedicated life sciences capital raisers

Dedicated life sciences firms with strong AUM growth have been prime targets for larger GPs recently – here's a list of firms ranked by capital raised.

4 min read · 07 June 2022

CPPIB debuts ambitious growth equity strategy

CPPIB's new growth equity unit appears to have swallowed up the pension manager's three-year-old venture capital business.

6 min read · 07 June 2022

Three partners to leave Hellman & Friedman

While partner departures are generally viewed with concern by LPs, in this case the three individuals leaving represent a kind of “changing of the guard” at the firm.

2 min read · 07 June 2022

Pennsylvania pension meeting gets heated over private equity diversity questions

Diversity has become a flashpoint for board members of many LPs, who believe they can steer managers into paying more than lip service to the topic.

2 min read · 06 June 2022

TGC gathers over $660m for fourth fund

TGC is a specialized renewable energy infrastructure private equity firm.

3 min read · 06 June 2022

Icon Infrastructure racks up $3.6bn for sixth fund

Icon VI will invest in mid-market infrastructure businesses located primarily in Europe and North America.

2 min read · 06 June 2022

J.P. Morgan collects $2.4bn for second Lynstone fund

Lynstone Fund II invests in stressed, distressed, and event driven situations in European and North American private and public markets.

2 min read · 06 June 2022

Side Letter: PE and the Ponzi scheme; Oregon's denominator decision

Private equity's predilection for selling to itself has led to an unflattering comparison with Ponzi schemes. Plus: How Oregon plans to deal with the denominator effect and what CDPQ considers its sweet spot. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 06 June 2022

How Wellcome Trust views GPs holding assets for longer

The $46bn medical research endowment wants to be aligned with GPs who roll over and compound their exposure to assets rather than those who sell down, Robert Coke, head of buyout and residential property, tells PEI.

3 min read · 06 June 2022

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