Chelsea Stevenson
Los Angeles-based Freeman is targeting $1bn for its seventh buyout fund.
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The $27bn system is reducing its alternatives exposure to from 27% to 14% over a 10-year period.
Juan Daniel Frias has replaced Maria Claudia Correa at the Colombian public pension.
The Energy & Minerals Group has raised $1.5bn and expects to hold a final close during the second quarter.
Vista Equity Partners’ Fund V is targeting $3.5bn for mid-market software and technology companies.
The placement agent has grown its teams in Connecticut, Hong Kong, Houston and San Diego.
The firm raised about $64m and has invested roughly a third of the fund to date.
Former deputy director Christopher McDonough will fill the role left vacant by Timothy Walsh last August.
Fund IV has made three investments totaling $59m to date.
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The firm’s co-head of Africa, Daniel Jordaan, recently transitioned to the role of senior advisor.