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Illinois Teachers commits $750m to PE, seeks co-investment consultant proposals

The $54.2bn pension's contracts with its current consultants expire June 30.

2 min read · 03 March 2020

Serent Capital expands partnership team with close of $750m Fund IV

Serent promoted Stewart Lynn and Prital Kadakia, increasing the number of partners to five, including founders Kevin Frick and David Kennedy.

3 min read · 03 March 2020

Thoma Bravo targets $14bn for 14th flagship amid fundraising blitz

The firm is fundraising in a heated market for technology funds.

2 min read · 27 February 2020

Silver Lake, with new leadership slate, could raise $18bn for next flagship fund

At that amount, the fund will be the largest such investment pool dedicated solely to technology investing.

2 min read · 25 February 2020

H&F to expand Kronos after extending its investment hold through single-asset process

Hellman & Friedman showed this week what can happen when a GP gives itself more time to manage an asset.

3 min read · 20 February 2020

Tech-focused Francisco Partners gears up for big fundraising

The firm, with offices in San Francisco, London and New York, will also be bringing its second Agility fund to market.

2 min read · 24 January 2020

EY survey: LPs think you overestimate your cybersecurity strength

The survey results were discussed onstage at PEI's CFOs & COOs conference in New York on Wednesday.

2 min read · 23 January 2020

Frontier taps into growth equity surge with $850 mln Fund VI launch

Last year, a total of $75 billion was raised by 131 growth equity funds globally, the highest amount in more than a decade.

2 min read · 22 January 2020

Bank of America looks for opportunities as it dives into fintech

BofA, with $1.25 trillion in assets under management, wants to develop its own unit that helps businesses handle debit and credit card transactions.

3 min read · 30 December 2019

Q&A with Jason Russell on industrial adaptation and transformation

How digitization, automation and the cloud are transforming the industrial sector – and how that is driving PE M&A activity.

5 min read · 29 December 2019

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