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Korea’s IMM plots final close on $1.8bn by year-end

IMM RoseGold IV is already about one-third deployed across four investments, including the $500m carve-out of Genuone Sciences.

2 min read · 17 December 2020

Gridiron wraps up fourth flagship buyout fund at $1.35bn hard cap

Fund IV is the largest fund in Gridiron's 15-year history, exceeding by 59 percent the $850 million collected four years ago by Fund III.

3 min read · 17 December 2020

LPs undaunted on private equity amid covid: study

Buyouts' annual study surveying 100 LPs revealed strong confidence in their private equity portfolios and an overwhelming majority planning to either maintain or increase their PE allocations.

3 min read · 16 December 2020

Leonard Green is latest blue-chip GP to run secondary on an older fund

The firm is one of several high-profile GPs using the secondaries market to move assets out of older funds for more time to manage them.

2 min read · 16 December 2020

LACERA makes $70m commitment

The US public pension has backed a North American secondaries vehicle.

1 min read · 16 December 2020

Private equity interest in VC-backed companies heats up – report

Four out of seven private equity transactions worth more than $1bn in enterprise value this year involved VC-backed companies, according to investment firm Atomico.

2 min read · 16 December 2020

Side Letter: What a time to have a $10bn secondaries fund

What Blackstone’s $3.45 billion portfolio acquisition says about life science; how the firm formerly known as Meyer Bergman fared with its first fund; Prologis’s outlook on logistics demand; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.

4 min read · 16 December 2020

Story of the Year: Private equity makes headway with the retail holy grail

In June the US Department of Labor gave the green light for the incorporation of private equity into 401(k) plans. Don’t expect a rush of capital just yet.

2 min read · 16 December 2020

Story of the Year: The double-edged sword of state aid

The onset of the coronavirus presented a vital question to private equity managers – should they accept state support or not?

2 min read · 16 December 2020

Sagard lands initial $650m for second credit fund led by CPPIB alumni

Sagard launched its credit strategy in 2017 under the leadership of managing partner and CIO Adam Vigna, ex-head of CPPIB’s global principal credit investments.

2 min read · 16 December 2020

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