Plight of the Roma
With controversy swirling around France’s crackdown on Roma migrants, this photo submission depicting a Roma girl from George Calin is particularly timely. The underexposure of the image gives it an almost old-fashioned grainy feel that adds to the dreary mood.
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TPG Capital prepares new $4-5 bln Asia fund-sources
TPG, a U.S.-based firm founded in 1992, currently invests
into Asia from a $19.8 billion global fund raised in 2008, and
its $4 billion regional fund TPG Capital Partners V, raised in
the same year.The sources declined to be named as they were not authorised
to talk to the media. TPG’s external public relations advisers
were unable to provide immediate comment.The Asia fund is around 75 percent invested, one of the
sources said. Its limited partner (LP) investors, include
California Public Employees’ Retirement System, according to
Thomson Reuters data.The firm, with more than $48 billion in assets under
management globally, has current Asia investments including
Comtec Solar and Wumart Stores in China,
Shriram Transport Finance Co and Lilliput Kidswear in
India, and United Test & Assembly Centre in Singapore.
