North America

Tailwind Capital’s Fund II closes at $1.05bn

Fund II beat its $750m target and will focus on North American healthcare, business and communications sectors.

Goodwin Procter eyes future London PE hires

The US-based law firm is building its London-based private equity practice.

CalPERS chases 6% of GPs for carried interest data

The pension fund will begin to publish GP carried interest figures in Q4.

KPS Capital recapitalizes Anchor Glass in $465m financing

Dividend recap generates $150 million dividend for New York private equity firm

New Jersey pension fund hires new PE consultant

The NJ Division of Investment entered a five-year contract with TorreyCove

Chart of the week: United States accounts for more than half of money raised by these placement agents

The United States accounted for more than half the money raised by 14 placement agents that raised a combined $12.7 billion last year, according to a survey conducted this spring by Buyouts Insider (see accompanying chart). Europe came in second place at 19 percent.

Encore Consumer Capital closes third fund at $260m

The fund exceeded its target to hit its hard cap close after two months in the market.

LP Radar: OSRHE commits to three private equity funds

<em style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education commits $16 million to three private equity funds.</span></em>

Study: US GPs more favourable to operating partners

Three quarters of US firms use the operating partner model, a Maine Pointe study finds.

Dominus Capital Fund II holds first close at $239m

The successor fund is targeting $350 million.<br />