Thompson Street’s Firma Clinical Research hits auction block
Thompson Street Capital Partners has kicked off a sales process for Firma Clinical Research, which [...]
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Carlyle collects more than $16 bln for seventh North American buyout fund
Carlyle Group has raised around $16.3 billion for its seventh flagship fund, a regulatory filing [...]
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Unknown strategic is said to be beating PE for Hyperwallet
Private equity is losing the battle for Hyperwallet Systems Inc, five sources said. A strategic has [...]
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Paine Schwartz raising $1.2 bln fund for food, agribusiness
Paine Schwartz Partners is targeting $1.2 billion for its fifth fund, which will invest in [...]
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PSP Investments ramps up direct deals to half of PE portfolio assets
Public Sector Pension Investment Board, one of Canada’s largest and fastest growing pension systems, is [...]
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Dyal, Goldman, Landmark team up for stake in Clearlake Capital
The management company of Clearlake Capital Group is selling a minority stake of about 20 percent [...]
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MassPRIM bets on Polaris Partners debut growth fund
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board committed $35 million to venture-capital firm Polaris Partners’ first [...]
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North Carolina gets back into PE investing with Landmark commitments
North Carolina’s Department of the State Treasurer inked its first private equity commitment under Dale [...]
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B of A advises Lightyear’s Alegeus
Lightyear Capital’s Alegeus is working with B of A Merrill Lynch on its sales process, [...]
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PE generates highest returns for public-pension funds: study
Private equity was the top performing asset class for public-pension funds, returning 8.6 percent on [...]
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Large buyouts are beating strategics in software M&A
Large buyouts are the new exit for software companies. Mega private equity firms have become [...]
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Patriot nears final close for third community bank fund
Patriot Financial Partners, which focuses on investments in community banks, is nearing completion of its [...]
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UL Lafayette Foundation outsources investments to Cambridge
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation has turned over investment management of its $170 million portfolio [...]
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Outgoing New Jersey SIC Chairman Tom Byrne defends PE in final meeting
Tom Byrne used his final meeting as chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council [...]
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Vector Capital looks to move Israeli security firm KELA into North America
Vector Capital’s $50 million investment in KELA Group is its third deal in Israel, a market the [...]
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As secondaries get creative, an independent sponsor completes a revamp
Private equity secondaries are becoming increasingly creative as more money than ever flows into the [...]
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Alaska Permanent Fund nets 60 pct-plus from co-investments, directs
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp’s four-year-old program for investing directly in private companies is netting returns [...]
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Illinois Municipal builds separate accounts with Goldman, HarbourVest
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund partnered with Goldman Sachs and HarbourVest on fund-of-one accounts to expand its exposure to [...]
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