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LACERS to focus on small, mid-market funds this year

The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) will likely commit between $325 million and $350 million to private equity in 2015, with plans to boost its exposure to small and mid-market managers, according to Jan. 13 meeting materials.

2 min read · 14 January 2015

Study: Secondaries volume reaches $52bn

The sale of limited partner interests represented more than two-thirds or $32.8bn of the total volume

1 min read · 14 January 2015

Levine Leichtman closes first European fund

The LA-based firm closed the structured equity fund above its €95m target

2 min read · 14 January 2015

EVCA hits out at pensions rules

The European lobby group said the potential application of Solvency II–style requirements to IORPs are ‘inappropriate and disproportionate’

2 min read · 14 January 2015

Exclusive: PAI collects €3bn for Fund VI

The Paris-based firm has stopped fundraising and is wrapping up the legal paperwork

2 min read · 13 January 2015

Monument hires London director

Ex-Citi Private Bank executive Karl Adam will cover UK-based investors and German-speaking Europe for the placement firm

2 min read · 13 January 2015

LA County pays $43 mln in fees for PE funds, portfolio generates 23.5 pct return

The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association paid roughly $43 million in management fees to private equity firms in 2014, considerably more than the $4.5 million disclosed in its annual report, according to an email from Chief Investment Officer David Kushner.

2 min read · 12 January 2015

TPG Growth to shift focus abroad, plans Africa team

TPG Capital plans to hire a local team for growth investments in Africa, expanding the geographic scope of its third growth equity fund, according to a Hamilton Lane report made available by the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana.

2 min read · 12 January 2015

Warburg sells Survitec to Onex

The US-based firm will net a return of between 1.5x and 2x on the sale

2 min read · 12 January 2015

Helios to close Fund III on $1.1bn

The pan-African firm has raised the largest fund dedicated to African private equity

2 min read · 12 January 2015

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