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PAG nears final close of $2.5bn buyout fundThe Hong Kong-based private equity firm is one step closer to its final close thanks to a $100m commitment from US pension fund, CalPERS.
- NPS to back three opportunity funds, starting with Blackstone
The $288 billion National Pension Service of Korea is poised to commit $300m to Blackstone’s latest opportunity fund as part of a strategy to increase its exposure to higher return investments. A beauty parade to select two more opportunity funds is expected to follow.
- Freshfields launches multi-strategy group(3)
The law firm has launched a ‘fully integrated offering’ for private equity, infrastructure, sovereign wealth and so-called ‘alternative capital providers’, acknowledging that the strategies of many global investors have converged.
- LP Radar: The LP-LP divide(2)
The once harmonious LP community appears to be dividing into different classes, depending on how they invest. This disharmony has forced GPs to tread carefully in explaining why different LPs get different terms
- Blackstone, AnaCap partner on European banking
The Blackstone Group and AnaCap Financial Partners are planning to invest in Europe’s banking and financial services sector. Deals will include capital from Blackstone Capital Partners VI.
- Private equity eyes Russia’s depreciating infrastructure(2)
Russia’s depreciating infrastructure and shrinking government budgets are driving the demand for private money to fund infrastructure projects, with private equity well-positioned to capitalise on the opportunity, write MRIF director Pavel Nazarov (pictured) and Squire Sanders partner Christopher Rose.
- Lee Stern departs KKR for Levine Leichtman
A prominent member of KKR’s mezzanine team has joined Levine Leichtman Capital Partners where he will help lead the firm’s credit strategies investment team.
- More credit funds emerge as senior debt remains scarce
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
- LP Radar: The LP-LP divide
The once harmonious LP community appears to be dividing into different classes, depending on how they invest. This disharmony has forced GPs to tread carefully in explaining why different LPs get different terms
- Private equity eyes Russia’s depreciating infrastructure
Russia’s depreciating infrastructure and shrinking government budgets are driving the demand for private money to fund infrastructure projects, with private equity well-positioned to capitalise on the opportunity, write MRIF director Pavel Nazarov (pictured) and Squire Sanders partner Christopher Rose.