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OCERS hires new CIO

Girard Miller will be tasked with overseeing the Orange County Employees Retirement System’s $9.6bn portfolio as it implements a new asset allocation mix.

Lone Star Fund IV paid $1.5m for lobbyists

As the US and South Korea finalised a new free trade agreement, Lone Star’s troublesome exit of Korea Exchange Bank prompted the firm to hire two lobbyists for $1.5m through its 2002 fourth fund.

NSR’s Gupta found guilty of insider trading

Rajat Gupta’s firm New Silk Route has worked for more than a year to convince its LPs that the insider trading scandal has nothing to do with its ability to generate strong returns.

Vision Capital parts company with US head

Direct secondaries specialist Vision Capital has parted company with the head of its US operation, Matthew Constantino.

Stanford hires endowment's private equity officer

The institution has brought on Thomas Lurquin as director of natural resources investments. Lurquin spent several years investing private equity at the University of California.

Goldman loses senior private equity executive

Gerald Cardinale, co-head of Americas private equity, has decided to retire. He is joined by Muneer Satter, who has co-headed Goldman’s global mezzanine business.

KKR hires senior advisor for Brazil

Former Brazil central bank chief Henrique Meirelles will help the firm expand into Brazil’s rapidly growing private equity market.

Onex to open London office

The firm has hired managing director Tony Morgan (pictured) from CPPIB to help identify ‘great opportunities in the European market’, according to Onex CEO Gerald Schwartz.

Inside the PEGCC’s campaign contributions

The industry trade organisation has directed around $80,000 to politicians with influence on Congressional committees considering legislation that would affect private equity.

Actis strengthens its Africa team

Emerging markets firm Actis has bolstered its West African operations with the appointment of Kingdom Zephyr partner Mark Ransford as a director.