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Arsenal Capital Partners may get to exit FrontStream Payments after more than four years.

ABRY Partners is back in the market to raise its eighth flagship private equity fund, targeting $1.9 billion.

Prudential Financial has further expanded its private equity team run by Susan Garrett, bringing on Robyn Sacks Slutzky as a vice president focusing on fund and co-investments.

Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years, Reuters reported. Year-to-date global deal volume as of June 26 surged to US$1.75 trillion, up 75 percent from the year-ago period, according to Thomson Reuters data. That was the highest level since 2007, when deal volume reached US$2.28 trillion.

This week, Harvard Management Company, the Nebraska Investment Council and Oaktree Capital Management are on the lookout for experienced private equity professionals.

Insight Equity has lost its director of investor relations as it works to hit its $750 million target on its third vehicle, which has been in the market for more than a year.

This week there are analyst, associate, chief investment officer and investor relations positions up for the taking at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, El Paso Firemen & Policemen’s Pension Fund, Intellectual Ventures, Global Environment Fund and Morgan Stanley.

This week there are analyst and associate positions at Gores Group, MHS Capital and TPG Capital. There are also pension fund vacancies at CalPERS and Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System.

Expert advice about how to become a private equity investor relations professional and how to advance in your career.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe may finally get to exit TransFirst after a near seven year hold.