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All eyes on Carlyle fundraising czar Urquhart as firm targets $130bn

Carlyle this week outlined an ambitious four-year plan to grow its $246bn business through fundraising across private equity, credit and investment solutions strategies.

3 min read · 23 February 2021

Remembering Marc Unger, CFO of Harvest Partners

Colleagues and peers remember a man who nurtured a lasting, collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture in an intensely competitive industry.

8 min read · 23 February 2021

CHART: Largest funds in market target $127bn

Vehicles by Hellman & Friedman, KKR and EQT are among the 10 largest in market as of mid-February, PEI data show.

2 min read · 23 February 2021

Tikehau eyes more SPACs across regions, sectors

The US market for special purpose acquisition companies is not a game the company wants to play, co-founder Mathieu Chabran tells PEI.

3 min read · 23 February 2021

What the SEC’s new marketing rules mean for private funds

New guidelines clear away a web of no-action letters and provide new guidance, possibly opening up the opportunity for private funds to innovate, but coming with their own complexities.

10 min read · 23 February 2021

Side Letter: Europe's SPAC attack, China's performance review, Advent on GP-leds

Europe's comparatively isolated SPAC market is becoming a little more crowded. Plus: why Advent wouldn't rule out a continuation vehicle for single assets and why Chinese CFOs are anticipating a daily performance review. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 23 February 2021

Peak Rock bumps up Fund III target to $1.8bn on strength of LP demand

Fund III, launched last November, has to date secured more than $1.6bn, 24% above its original target.

2 min read · 22 February 2021

Amid tech boom, JMI hikes Fund X target

The software-focused firm has raised its target amid a market environment amenable to the tech sector.

2 min read · 22 February 2021

APFC approves $280m in commitments

The US sovereign wealth fund committed capital to five private equity vehicles in Q4 2020.

1 min read · 22 February 2021

CalSTRS plans up to $150m per year in sustainable PE commitments

The investments will be sourced through the $283bn pension's private equity co-investment programme if approved as early as March.

2 min read · 22 February 2021

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