Commitments from LPs including the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) have helped TPG pull in $6.5bn for its latest megafund, it is understood.
China-based used car trading platform Cheyipai has raised $110m in a Series D financing round from existing investors.
Data provider Truven Health Analytics is reportedly looking to launch an IPO around three years after it was bought by private equity firm Veritas Capital Fund Management. 
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capital exec John Doerr has claimed he has been a ‘strong advocate’ for women at the gender discrimination lawsuit brought against the firm by former partner Ellen Pao. 
Head of infrastructure at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Andreas Koettering has reportedly joined Singapore sovereign wealth investor GIC.
Blackstone’s chief executive Stephen Schwarzman topped the 2014 private equity earnings after taking home $690m last year. 
Emerging Capital Partners managing director Alex-Handrah Aimé reflects on record private equity fundraising in Africa and what the continent could offer LP investors.
Exit activity was wide open last year as firms benefited from all three customary exit routes. Pitchbook explains the lay of the land in its H1 2015 PE Exits report. 
French private equity firm Parvilla looks to limit the risk of emerging market deals by investing in the ‘more exporting’ countries of northern Europe, according to its CEO and founder Jean-Marie Fabre
Idinvest Partners is strictly focused on continental European SMEs. CEO Christophe Bavière tells Limited Partner how this underserved market has generated returns to venture and growth investors “north of 25 per cent” 
Private equity dealmaking in Africa passed the $8bn mark in 2014 to mark the second-highest result on record, new research shows.
Latin American private equity funds pulled in a record $10.39bn last year amid a continuing expansion of the asset classes in the region. 
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is extolling the virtues of financial technology companies, or fintech, with the UK named as a hub for such investments. China-based used car trading platform Cheyipai has raised $110m in a Series D financing round from existing investors.
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers venture capital exec John Doerr has claimed he has been a ‘strong advocate’ for women at the gender discrimination lawsuit brought against the firm by former partner Ellen Pao. 
Finistere Ventures has raised $150m in the first close of its agricultural tech fund.
Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle. 
DuPont Capital made a ‘tactical decision’ to sell eight private equity fund positions in the second half of last year, AltAssets understands. 
The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS) has reportedly committed up to $75m to Coller Capital’s seventh global vehicle, AltAssets understands. 
Venture capital-focused fund of funds Weathergage Capital has closed its third fund on $230m. 
Top Tier Capital looks to have hit its $404m target for its seventh venture capital fund of funds, AltAssets can reveal.
Panellists at the Private Equity Africa conference this week spoke about the increasing number of firms looking at Africa, with Emerging Capital Partners’ Andrew Brown revealing that that it is not just the big brand funds which are looking for deals. Emerging markets private debt firm Cordiant has held a $350m final close for its latest vehicle. China-based used car trading platform Cheyipai has raised $110m in a Series D financing round from existing investors.
Head of infrastructure at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Andreas Koettering has reportedly joined Singapore sovereign wealth investor GIC. 
Sydney-based firm Pacific Equity Partners has reportedly sold all of its remaining 20 per cent stake in publicly listed credit-checking business Veda Group for A$382m (around $300m) around six months after its IPO.
Growth equity investor Accel Partners has joined private investor Matrix Capital Management in backing New Zealand accounting software provider Xero with NZ$147.2m ($110.8m). LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is extolling the virtues of financial technology companies, or fintech, with the UK named as a hub for such investments.
3i-backed Dutch soft drink bottling business Refresco Gerber has confirmed it plans to list on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. 
Colombia private equity firm Tribeca Management has made a 22.9 per cent IRR exiting Bogota Airport air cargo terminal operator OTCA.
Private equity firms are said to be hunting for hospital and health clinic investment opportunities after the government recently decided to allow foreign ownership of those assets. 
Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Capital reportedly expects to complete between four and six acquisitions in consumer-driven sectors.
Dubai-headquartered private equity investor Abraaj Group has pulled in at least $48m for its Growth Markets Fund. Head of infrastructure at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Andreas Koettering has reportedly joined Singapore sovereign wealth investor GIC. 4 Mar 2015
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The inaugural meeting of the Women in Private Equity Network Summit took place in London recently. A key theme for delegates was the small number of women at the top of the industry in the West, compared to emerging markets
Boston-headquartered Summit Partners has sold fund administration software provider Multifonds in a €235m deal. 
Global buyout house KKR has said it will keep on chairman of its global institute division David Petraeus, despite his pleading guilty to mishandling classified information which he accessed as former CIA director. 
Pittsburgh-based venture capital firm Draper Triangle Ventures is more than halfway to its $125m target for its third fund, AltAssets can reveal. 
UK private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is set to pull in around €1bn by offloading a 7.5 per cent stake in Spanish tollroad company Abertis. 
US private equity firm Olympus Partners is reportedly exploring a sale of 2012 investment The Waddington Group which could see it valued at about $1.5bn. 
Private equity-backed internet security company Novetta Soultions is exploring a sale which could value the company at more than $650m, AltAssets understands.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and UK private equity firm Terra Firma have agreed a deal in which portfolio company AWAS will sell 90 aircraft to Macquarie Group for $4bn. 
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Hermes Infrastructure have agreed to buy a 40 per cent stake in high speed rail service Eurostar International from the UK government. 
US private equity firm ARBY Partners is set to sell its stake in German data centre operator e-shelter to ICT solutions business NTT. 
More private equity firms are lining up to bid for Italian banking services business ICBPI, it is understood. 
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