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11 Mar 2010 10:25 GMT The UK’s PPF has sketched out a 20% allocation to alternatives, which will see the £3.9bn fund invest in private equity and infrastructure funds for the first time.
11 Mar 2010 07:53 GMT Fred Hu, who joined Goldman Sachs as chief economist for China in 1997, is retiring from the bank and will reportedly launch his own private equity fund.
11 Mar 2010 02:00 GMT ILPA and the US Treasury are the latest to speak out on the adverse effects proposed legislation would have on Europe's private equity market.
11 Mar 2010 09:15 GMT In a sign that the private equity firm is placing increased focus on infrastructure, AXA Private Equity could double its infra assets under management with its latest fundraise.
10 Mar 2010 16:27 GMT David Loglisci, one of the central figures in a wide-ranging pension pay-to-play scandal, said he was instructed by 'senior officials' to only approve investment managers given the okay by political operative Hank Morris.
10 Mar 2010 18:07 GMT The state pension has made its fifth commitment to private equity since starting its programme last August.
10 Mar 2010 13:10 GMT Senior figures from the fund of funds industry say that consolidation in the sector is inevitable.
10 Mar 2010 16:34 GMT The UK-based waste management company said a ‘final price indication’ of 120 pence per share was too low.
10 Mar 2010 02:31 GMT The firm has moved a private equity executive over to a newly formed unit that will focus on turnarounds, distressed debt, bankruptcy loans and rescue financing.
10 Mar 2010 02:00 GMT Jeff Ennis has resigned from the firm. Wilshire Private Market’s parent company was taking one-third of income generated by the private equity division.
10 Mar 2010 04:00 GMT Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take control of Citi Property Investors, the real estate investment arm of Citigroup.
10 Mar 2010 02:00 GMT Former GMAC chief financial officer Robert Hull will take over the role at the media -and communications-focused firm from Raymond Mathieu.
10 Mar 2010 02:00 GMT The Cairo-headquartered private equity firm has appointed Amr Seif from Investec Asset Management to head its regional financial services platform investment.
09 Mar 2010 16:26 GMT Colony Capital will become Annie Leibovitz’s sole creditor and help her market her library of photographs.
09 Mar 2010 09:27 GMT Emerging markets funds lost two percentage points in terms of global fundraising market share last year, with $23bn raised reflecting a 66% drop from 2008 totals.

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