The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System, which manages $23.1bn in assets, has committed up to $110m to various private equity funds, according to a report by Pensions & Investments citing officials at the pension fund.
European mid-market private equity firm Inflexion is to sell its investment in Lintbells, a specialist in pet supplements which are sold under the YuMOVE brand name, to to Vetnique Labs, a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors.
Blackstone has appointed Tyler Dickson, formerly Global Head of Investment Banking and Vice Chair of Banking & International at Citi, in a newly-created role leading client relations at Blackstone Credit & Insurance.
North Sky Capital has held the final close of its latest impact secondaries fund, Clean Growth VI, with $250m of capital commitments from a range of investors including pension plans, foundations, wealth management platforms and family offices from across the United States, Canada, Brazil, Singapore and the UK/Europe.
As liquidity constraints put pressure on the private equity industry, the secondaries market is expected to grow substantially over the next twelve months, with fundraising and deal flow set to expand, according to Investec’s latest Secondaries Report, Charting a Course for Further Growth.
Software focussed private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has lead d strategic majority growth investment in Nasuni, an enterprise data platform for modern hybrid cloud environments, which values the business at approximately $1.2bn.
Baird Capital, a global private equity and venture capital arm of Baird, has promoted Louise Kingston to Partner. Kingston, who is part of the firm’s Portfolio Operations team, joined Baird Capital in London as a Director in January 2022.
Orion Infrastructure Capital, a US middle-market infrastructure manager, has held the final close of its inaugural infrastructure growth fund with over $370 million in commitments, surpassing its initial target of $350m.
New York-based international law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel has added Peter Williams as a Partner in the its office in New York, where he will serve as co-head of the firm’s private credit practice, effective 15 July.
Norwest Capital Advisors has held the final close of Norwest Equity Partners XI and Norwest Mezzanine Partners V with approximately $1.0bn and $400m of of total capital commitments, respectively.
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