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NIC approves $100m in commitments

The US public pension has backed two North American private equity funds.

1 min read · 10 July 2020

Cathay Life Insurance approves €80m commitment

The Taiwan-based insurance company has backed EQT's ninth flagship buyout PE fund.

1 min read · 10 July 2020

Sole Source, founded by ex-Gores principal, rakes in half of Fund II’s $400m target

Managing partner Fredston launched Sole Source in 2016 to be an operationally focused control investor in North American industrial companies with EBITDA of up to $20 million.

2 min read · 09 July 2020

Veterans of Q1 peer through fog to Q2

Firms learned a lot valuing their portfolios in the unprecedented chaos of the first quarter of 2020. That’s given them some clarity on Q2, but there are still some major unknowns.

5 min read · 09 July 2020

TCRS confirms $482.8m in commitments

The US public pension has backed seven PE funds.

1 min read · 09 July 2020

Will coronavirus lead to an increase in club deals?

Perceived challenges in the debt markets this year and the uncertainty around the route back from covid-19 makes group deals a viable alternative, writes Mayer Brown's James West.

4 min read · 09 July 2020

AXA IM targets gender diversity through voting policies

Last year the French asset manager targeted 272 companies on the basis of gender diversity concerns, up 369% from the prior year.

4 min read · 09 July 2020

Side Letter: LPs feel the heat on ESG, KKR's insurance play, CD&R's biggest fund

LPs are increasingly finding they must practise what they preach when it comes to good ESG, including potentially difficult conversations with their managers. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

4 min read · 09 July 2020

ARC Financial’s Boulanger takes the helm as firm completes succession

Brian Boulanger was appointed CEO of ARC, replacing Lauchlan Currie, who has been one of the PE firm's top executives for 25 years.

2 min read · 08 July 2020

Los Angeles County pension committee approves expanded co-investment options

The $57.8bn pension's staff says they have $100m in dry powder left to co-invest this year and may ask for more.

2 min read · 08 July 2020

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