Recent disclosure of the US pension fund's $75 million allocation to a Carlyle-backed hedge fund has provided information as to the fund's structure and mandate.
Darwin Private Equity has held a second close of its debut fund just three months after launching with the backing of City grandee Lord Jacob Rothschild and his RIT Capital Partners trust.
In another sign of increasing interest in Japan, the Los Angeles-based firm has hired corporate finance and real estate pro Takahide Akiyama to lead its Japanese operations.
A decade after acquiring art supply brand Utrecht, Brynwood Partners has sold the company to middle market firm Topspin LBO. It is the final exit for the firm's third fund.
French mid-market firm Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners has made several internal promotions after making three exits so far.
Newly formed venture firm Third Rock Ventures will use its first fund for investments in early stage biotechnology companies.
The private equity firm is reportedly planning its first India dedicated real estate fund, targeting investors from the US, Europe and Asia.
The world’s largest 300 pension funds grew by nearly 12 percent last year, with assets hitting $10 trillion for the first time, a study has found.
The Blackstone Group has hired leveraged finance pro Vikrant Sawhney from Deutsche Bank.
Navis Capital Partners, the Asia-focussed buyout firm, has closed a fund more than triple the size of its previous fund, as the continent’s buyout firms prosper.