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The firm is also marketing Rialto Real Estate Fund II, which held a second close in May.
Richard D’Addario joins Phoenix Star Capital as it plans its debut CLO.
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The bank's Five Arrows private debt team, led by Martin Hook and Edouard Veber, has garnered commitments of around €300m for its first private debt fund.
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TPG, led by David Bonderman, is seeking to raise a successor to its previous credit vehicle, TPG Opportunities Partners II, which raised $2.41bn.
The approval is the final step in a $480m deal between Carlyle and EQT.
The firm, which launched in 2011, employs a sale-leaseback strategy in the US and Europe.
The firm expects to hold a final close in October.
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The firm’s joint venture with CPPIB and Stone Point, MerchCap Solutions, helped to arrange some of the $580m in commitments for the new vehicle.
The firm is more than half way to its $750m target for American Securities Opportunities Fund III.
The New York firm’s previous fund, a $548 million 2011 vintage, also closed above target.