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New State Capital Partners, a spin-out from Sun Capital Partners, has closed its first deal, investing in Gautier Steel, which makes specialty steel products, according to a statement from the firm, sister news service peHUB reported.

Fresh off a quick sale of Digital Insight, Thoma Bravo is marketing its its 11th fund, according to sources

• John Hershey to head alternatives • Appointment part of broader restructuring • Aims to better coordinate private, public investing Oregon State Treasury’s long-time private equity guru, Jay Fewel, announced his intention to retire back in early December, and the industry has been anticipating who would rise to the helm of the state’s large and […]

Oregon State Treasury’s long-time private equity guru, Jay Fewel, announced his intention to retire back in early December, and the industry has been anticipating who would rise to the helm of the state’s large and very mature program, sister news service peHUB reported.

There is a unique fund in the market targeting investments in music copyright royalties, sister news service peHUB reported.

Macquarie Investment Management, the €196 billion ($268 billion) asset management arm of the Australian banking giant, has hired two firms to advise its private markets group on private equity fund investments in Europe and the U.S. – work that it had formerly done in-house, sister news service peHUB reported.

The Oregon Investment Council, which oversees several state trust funds, including the Oregon Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, could commit up to $2.2 billion this year to private equity, according to a person with knowledge of the system, sister news service peHUB reported.

Elizabeth Caldas, a senior private equity investment official in the New York City Comptroller’s office, has left to join the investment team at the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, three people told sister news service peHUB.

As the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System works through some major shifts in its leadership, the system has apparently had to put on hold planning for a private equity secondary sale that was slated to help it reduce its huge exposure to the asset class, sister news service peHUB reported. Outgoing board chairman Nicholas Maiale […]

Firm is poised to close on up to $1.6 billion for its eighth secondary fund.