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Ex-Fort Washington exec’s shop, Timber Bay, eyes $250m for small-market secondaries

The firm is among a handful of newer shops raising capital to target the smaller side of the secondaries market, which is busy and largely ignored by larger firms.

2 min read · 21 September 2021

Tulare County pension hikes PE target, moves to become a direct fund investor

The board approved doubling its private equity target allocation to 12%.

2 min read · 21 September 2021

PODCAST: Should you build your portfolio on secondaries?

Academic Cyril Demaria and Greenhill's Bernhard Engelien debate the role of secondaries in portfolio construction and what LPs should bear in mind.

1 min read · 21 September 2021

CDPQ’s Leong on tax planning: ‘We believe in playing fair’

The Canadian investor has made good tax governance part of its ESG approach, the LP’s managing director for Asia-Pacific says.

3 min read · 21 September 2021

Side Letter: Partners Group's $6bn + $9bn; Motive's chairman; Neuberger's NAV

Partners Group has closed one of this year's largest private equity programmes. Plus: A look inside Neuberger Berman's listed PE vehicle and fintech specialist Motive Partners has named a chairman. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 21 September 2021

Sacramento pension carves out growth equity allocation as it ramps private equity focus

Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System increased its PE allocation to 11%, also adding a 15% target growth equity sub-strategy.

2 min read · 20 September 2021

CalPERS PE exposure to China education sector 'very limited'

The board raised concerns during last week's investment committee meeting about investments in the region in light of regulatory uncertainty.

3 min read · 20 September 2021

Side Letter: Coller up for grabs; Devlin's departure; UK's carry threat

Before we get to today's news, we have a favour to ask. Our research colleagues are compiling data for our annual LP Perspectives survey and we want to hear from all investors globally – on an anonymous basis – about their PE investment plans in 2022. Now in its 10th year, the survey results will be published in a special report for Private Equity International subscribers in December. A $5 donation to UNICEF's Afghanistan Emergency campaign will be made for every completed set of responses.

3 min read · 20 September 2021

BlackRock LTPC buys Summit Companies, adding fuel to fire-safety company's geographic expansion

Buoyed by an aggressive M&A playbook, Summit under exiting investor CI Capital witnessed a revenue CAGR of 43% alongside EBITDA CAGR of 64%, a source said.

4 min read · 20 September 2021

Levine Leichtman wraps up third lower-mid-market fund at $1.38bn

While marketing, the fund's hard-cap was bumped up due to strong demand from LPs, managing partners Matthew Frankel and Michael Weinberg told Buyouts.

3 min read · 20 September 2021

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