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Side Letter: PE's $1.2trn squeeze; TPG's climate watershed; Moonfare's Singapore launch

Monday is a bank holiday in the UK and Hong Kong – Side Letter will return to your inbox on Tuesday. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 28 April 2022

Taiwan Life Insurance approves $75m in commitments

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

1 min read · 28 April 2022

Chemicals investor SK Capital targets $2.75bn for latest flagship fund

Fund VI, which has a potential hard-cap of $3.5bn, in December secured an initial $480m and was expected to hold additional closings in the first quarter.

2 min read · 27 April 2022

New Jersey pension kicks in $250m for dedicated emerging managers platform

Through the platform, New Jersey will invest in SMAs that will each have a target of $250m, which will then be allocated between 10 to 25 underlying private equity funds.

2 min read · 27 April 2022

Clearlake and Insight consider GP-led for Diligent, Appriss

Many managers have concluded they don’t want to lose out on future growth of assets they’ve developed over a number of years, and continuation funds provide a structure to make that happen.

3 min read · 27 April 2022

TPG Rise amasses $7.3bn for debut climate fund

TPG Rise Climate's limited partners include institutional investors and large multinational corporations.

3 min read · 27 April 2022

African pension funds need more PE education

Alignment with DFIs is also a key pillar for private equity to attract more local LPs, who are seeking ‘assurance’, panellists said during AVCA's annual conference.

3 min read · 27 April 2022

Stride Consumer Partners racks up $420m for maiden fund

Stride invests in consumer products and services.

3 min read · 27 April 2022

Company-wide understanding of ESG can help reduce compliance risk

More issues are falling under the ESG umbrella and private equity firms need to develop better programmes to avoid potential issues, experts say.

4 min read · 27 April 2022

Side Letter: What LPs really want; Ares' Landmark losses; Maxwell's next venture

Getting to know the people behind a fund is just as important as financial analysis for some LPs. Plus: Ares Management has lost another senior executive from its secondaries unit and PE veteran Ray Maxwell is advising on co-investments. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

3 min read · 27 April 2022

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