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Oregon bets on TPG growth fund

The pension committed $75m to TPG’s second growth fund that will split investments between the US and international opportunities, with an emphasis on China and southeast Asia.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Terra Firma opens in Beijing

Bo Shi (pictured) will lead the European firm’s operations in China, where it is looking for M&A and outbound investment opportunities.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CIC's alternatives exposure increases

The Chinese sovereign wealth fund, which has deployed all of its investable capital received to date, recorded an overall return of 11.7%.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Cowin Capital to raise debut USD fund

The fund has a reported target of $100m to $150m and is expected to start fundraising next month or in September.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Apax buys Chinese restaurant chain for $250m

The firm expects to expand Golden Jaguar, a family-owned buffet restaurant chain, to reflect China’s growing urban middle class.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Hudson reveals China partner for RMB fund

The hiring of Zhongmin Shen to lead the firm’s China effort was quickly followed up by the announcement of a partnership between Hudson and the Yangzhou Municipal Government Financial Affairs Office.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Horsley Bridge hires endowment PE chief

The San Francisco-based fund of funds has hired Du Chai, who ran private equity at Northwestern University and was ‘integral’ in expanding the endowment’s emerging markets exposure.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Hudson Clean Energy eyes RMB fund

The Neil Auerbach-led firm (pictured) has hired Zhongmin Shen, who will lead the private equity firm’s China effort, which is expected to include fundraising.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Roberts: US to suffer ‘slow growth’ for 2-3 years

George Roberts, KKR co-founder, co-chairman and co-chief executive, recently spoke with Private Equity International about macroeconomic trends as well as how risks and returns are amplified ‘the farther away you get away from the United States’.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

It’s spin-out time

LPs are right to be paying attention to the latest wave of new managers attempting to establish themselves, writes Oliver Smiddy.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

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