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After more than two years in market, the RBS spin-out has beaten its original target to raise £402m for growth investments in financial services.
Existing investors, mainly Malaysian public pension funds and corporations, have backed the fund.
The capital for the Core Investment strategy includes $3bn from the firm's own balance sheet.
The Chinese private equity firm expects to raise close to 70% of the target for CPE China Fund III by March.
The firm is seeking $15bn for Carlyle Partners VII and $5bn for Carlyle Asia Partners V.
Future Planet is seeking at least $500m for a vehicle targeting university spin-outs, executive chairman Douglas Hansen-Luke told PEI.
The firm is expanding its business by doubling down on some of its sectors of expertise.
The emerging markets-focused firm has no plans to pause fundraising on its $6bn private equity fund as it awaits an auditor's report on its 2015-vintage health fund.
The South and South-East Asia-focused manager plans to invest up to 15% of its latest vehicle in Vietnam.
The India-focused private equity firm is set to hold a final close on its $250m hard-cap by the end of this quarter.