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The listing of the sporting goods chain could fetch up to A$1bn, according to some reports.

CalPERS is investigating $50m in fees paid to a company run by former board member Alfred Villalobos. The pension's CEO Anne Stausboll said a full review of all fees ever paid is 'prudent'.

The situation at PAI does not signify wider large cap woes, writes Toby Mitchenall.

The turnaround specialist has sold its last Japanese portfolio company, dessert maker Tamari, which will again serve as a maiden deal for a private equity firm.

Lionel Pincus, who died this week aged 78, built Warburg Pincus into one of the most successful private equity firms in the world. But he also helped engineer what remains one of the only successful generational transitions in the brief history of this asset class. Private Equity Manager told the story of this transition in its debut issue in July 2004. We reprint it here in its entirety.

The Boston-based mid-market firm has backed United Biosource, which provides services to help life science companies market and develop products.

Advent hopes to capitalise on the highly fragmented German debt collection market with the purchase of GFKL Financial Services.

Fred Knecht, formerly in-house general counsel for Merrill Lynch’s private equity and origination arms, will focus on securities regulatory matters in the law firm’s New York office.

The fund of funds is the latest firm to hire a former placement agent, as demand for investor relations professionals grows across the industry.

The university endowment wants to boost liquidity by selling portions of its private equity fund interests, CEO John Powers told PEO.