Below is a look at what we are reading this week outside of the four corners of Fund Finance:

Vista has closed on $16 billion of commitments for Vista Equity Partners VIII. [Private Equity International]

Larger-than-life oil man, activist investor and billionaire philanthropist T. Boone Pickens passed away this week at 91. [CNBC]

Globally, debt levels have increased materially over the last decade and may be weighing down meaningful economies. [Wall Street Journal]