Victoria Robson

The Australian Senate has launched an inquiry in response to the collapse of well-known electronics retailer Dick Smith, previously owned by Anchorage Capital Partners.

The fund held a final close in July 2015 on $375 million, above its $250 million target.

In its Private Markets Navigator First Half 2016 report Partners Group flagged the “questionable risk/return profiles” of some large buyout transactions, particularly in Europe.

The Paris-based financial services investor's second fund is almost twice the size of its predecessor.

Fundraising for the continent soared to $4.3 billion last year, up from $1.9 billion the year before, according to AVCA’s PE Data Tracker.

The UK mid-market firm has completed the transfer of management of London-listed fund of funds business Graphite Enterprise Trust to ICG.

At the end of 2015, the global firm reported $79.7 billion in dry powder, of which $37.4 billion was attributable to private equity.

Lauren Lenfest, who has worked at the system for more than four years, will retire on 5 February.

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The Paris-based firm that previously focused solely on seed and venture capital investing expects to close its first growth fund in a few weeks.