Clearlake 2023 Update

Any updated info on comp, culture, recruiting, etc. for Clearlake in 2023? Saw on some other threads that their portcos are struggling, but on Calpers, their 2018 fund is still marked at 46.4% net. Any ideas on how they are deploying the massively increased fund (7b-->14b) they raised last year?

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Does anyone have any insight? It seems strange that they are raising again for $15b already even though several portcos are nearly bankrupt. I don’t know if I am missing anything here

 
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