Warburg Pincus To Raise $12B For PE Fund

Warburg Pincus is looking to set up a private equity fund.

Warburg Pincus is looking to set up a private equity fund, San Francisco Chronicle reports, citing Bloomberg. The U.S. private equity firm is seeking to raise $12 billion for the new fund.

The firm has invested most of the $15 billion it collected in 2008. Warburg Pincus is the parent company of Neiman Marcus and Interactive Data Corp. and is jointly managed by co-presidents Joseph Landy and Charles Kaye.

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