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On KKR's industrials employee equity share. Plus: the birth of Odysseus Investments, the revival of the US mid-market and hires at Rede Partners. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The investment firm has launched a fund of limited size and timing to find discounted opportunities, managing director Duncan Zheng tells PEI.

The firm doesn’t appear to be having problems attracting capital in the pandemic, at a time when limited partners are primarily committing to established managers.

The shift to virtual has resulted in more touchpoints with LPs and it can be challenging to assess whether these will turn into commitments, a report by Campbell Lutyens has found.

The investment firm has stepped up its ESG goals and aims for 75% of portfolio company employees to benefit from a value sharing mechanism.

Fundraising for emerging managers, so we are told, will always require in-person meetings. One such firm (or their placement agent) has come up with a solution that may put the fund back into fundraising. Plus: big hires for impact firm Zamo, Schroders buys a multi-family office and Eurazeo sets some diversity and inclusion targets. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

MKH, founded by Annette Rodriguez, a former Warburg Pincus managing director, and Miguel Heras, a former Inversiones Bahía managing director, is backed by the Motta and Kazma families.

Charger Investment is among a small group of first-time funds facing the challenge of the pandemic-stricken market, where LPs are mostly focusing on re-investing with existing managers.