Turnaround PE specialist Cerberus Capital Management has raised $2.14bn from US investors for its latest private debt fund after a year on the road, AltAssets can reveal.
Providence Equity faces a challenge to close the €210m acquisition of Baltic telecoms company Starman as minority shareholder Polaris is making a move to buy the business.
Indian small cap private equity investor Ambit Pragma has made its second deal of the year by investing in healthcare services and benefits administration business Vidal Health. 
French private equity investor Arkéa Capital has launched a new €200m fund focused on minority leveraged buyouts in the country's SME sector.
Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm Aleph has closed its second fund at its $180m target, three years after its predecessor. 
Emerging markets-focused investor Actis has bolstered its energy team with a pair of senior hires in London, including renewables experts Barry Lynch and Javier Areitio.
US private equity firm GTCR has reshuffled its team by promoting Benjamin Daverman and Lawrence Fey to managing director.
Private equity firms are reviewing more deals on average through the first quarter of 2016, according to updated data from Sutton Place Strategies. Catherine Daly and Nadim Malik from the firm reveal how the new data changes things from their Spring 2015 report. 
Pantheon channels $33bn of LP capital to GPs through funds of funds, co-mingled funds, secondaries and co-investments. Its business is built on delivering outperformance over 25-plus years. Now the firm is ready to pull the trigger on the vast DC market 
Private equity player Adveq puts its focus fairly and squarely on building quality relationships with clients. Having access to capital and funds is not enough in today’s world – as the old saying goes, you don’t buy products, you buy people
Boston University may only have a small endowment, but it punches well above its
weight - and is growing rapidly thanks to an intensifying private equity focus 
The UK asset and wealth management industry took a pounding to its confidence last month, with Brexit dividing the indsutry on whether it is an opportunity or a threat.
Private equity firms washed away a bleak July for cleantech investment by pumping more than $2.6bn into the asset class in August, new research shows. French private equity investor Arkéa Capital has launched a new €200m fund focused on minority leveraged buyouts in the country's SME sector.
Healthcare-focused NovaQuest Capital Management is looking to raise up to $400m for a new private equity fund, AltAssets can reveal. Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm Aleph has closed its second fund at its $180m target, three years after its predecessor. 
Israeli venture capitalists Michael Eisenberg and Eden Shochat have returned to the market after three years raising $180m for their second VC fund. 
The $14.4bn-managing New Mexico Public Employees Retirement System has agreed a trio of new investments across private equity and real assets, it has emerged.
Pillarstone, which was set up by US buyout house KKR last year, has expanded its team with the hire of Paul Bramley as chief operating officer. 
HQ Capital is looking to announce a first close for its global secondaries fund by the end of the year, AltAssets understands. 
Israel Secondary Fund, a firm that acquires stakes in Israel-related funds and private companies, is expecting to close its second fund early next year, AltAssets can reveal.
Munich-based investment firm Golding Capital Partners (GCP) has held a €435m first close for its latest infrastructure fund of funds in just five months.
Portfolio Advisors is in the midst of a fundraising frenzy with five vehicles currently in the market. 
Global private equity major Carlyle has picked up South Africa's Amrod in a deal valued at around $50m, a source with knowledge of the matter told AltAssets.
US buyout house Bain Capital has agreed to hand over control of long-held portfolio company Edcon through a $1.5bn debt-for-equity swap. Indian small cap private equity investor Ambit Pragma has made its second deal of the year by investing in healthcare services and benefits administration business Vidal Health.
Chinese private equity firm Orient Hontai Capital has purchased US mobile marketing platform AppLovin for $1.4bn. 
Baring Private Equity Asia is set to buy Australian risk compliance business SAI Global in a A$1bn deal, two years after the company rejected a higher offer from KKR and Pacific Equity Partners.
Superannuation giant AustralianSuper has opened its new office in London this week and is said to be looking to expand its local team. French private equity investor Arkéa Capital has launched a new €200m fund focused on minority leveraged buyouts in the country's SME sector. Providence Equity faces a challenge to close the €210m acquisition of Baltic telecoms company Starman as minority shareholder Polaris is making a move to buy the business. 
Ardian Infrastructure has forked out $31m to buy a majority stake in four Solarpack solar PV plants in South America.
Asset management behemoth Blackrock has reportedly been approached by Peru's president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski about potential infrastructure financing. 
Dubai-based private equity house The Abraaj Group has sold an 80 per cent stake in Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited (Joramco).
Emerging markets-focused private equity firm The Abraaj Group is reportedly in talks to buy Middlesex University‘s overseas campus in Dubai. Healthcare-focused NovaQuest Capital Management is looking to raise up to $400m for a new private equity fund, AltAssets can reveal. 
Canada’s InstarAGF Asset Management has held a second closing of its Essential Infrastructure Fund, putting it at around 60 per cent of its C$750m target. 27 Sep 2016
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Private equity has delivered – yet most LPs are way below the allocation of top performers like Yale. Should more LPs be playing the long game and committing more to alternative asset classes?
Apax Partners has sold Norwegian gardening accessories retailer Plantasjen to Swedish buyout house Ratos for NOK1.2bn ($148m) after a nine-year holding period. 
Private equity majors Cinven and Apollo Global Management are believed to be in the running for the Italian business of Austrian insurer Uniqa. 
Global private equity firm Paine & Partners has bought food safety solutions provider The Global ID Group for an undisclosed fee. 
US private equity house Berkshire Partners has sold down its long-held stake in Canadian women's fashion business Aritzia through an IPO which raised C$400m. 
New Mountain Capital is reportedly eyeing an exit of a market research company IRI in a deal which could value it at more than $2.5bn. 
US-based investment firm Carrick Capital Partners has backed healthcare payments business InstaMed with a $50m investment. 
Aurelius is nearing the biggest transaction in its history in terms of revenues after submitting a binding offer to acquire the European business of US-based Office Depot. 
Turnaround PE specialist Cerberus Capital Management has raised $2.14bn from US investors for its latest private debt fund after a year on the road, AltAssets can reveal. 
Morgenthaler Ventures spinout Canvas Ventures has held a $300m final close for its second VC fund focused on software services startups. 
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