Chelsea Stevenson

The $25.7bn state workers' system committed $100m to H.I.G. Europe and Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity.

Two-year-old Blue Water Capital closed its debut fund on its hard-cap of $861m last month for energy-services related businesses.

The Washington, DC-based firm is set to acquire the 40% of the fund of funds it didn't already own.

Solera is in the market with its second offering, after successfully taking public its portfolio company Annie’s Homegrown last year.

The Asian Development Bank's Robert van Zwieten will helm the emerging markets industry group, whose prior CEO left to join Abraaj in February.