Brad Meikle

Toronto-based Pinetree Capital invests in El Nino Ventures

Toronto-based private equity and venture capital firm Pinetree Capital has acquired a stake in El Nino Ventures Inc. As a result of the transaction, Pinetree now holds approximately 11% of all issued and outstanding common shares in the company. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, El Nino is an international base metals exploration company. Update: Its current focus is on zinc and cobalt-copper projects in New Brunswick and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Buyouts September 16 2013 - Digital Edition

Massachusetts Leads The Way In PE Performance

PE-backed Partnership Assurance H1 Operating Profit Up 31 pct

Private equity-backed insurer Partnership Assurance Group saw total operating profits jump 31 percent in its first results since its June float, thanks in part to a surge in new business.

Silver Lake Again Working On Serena Software Sale - Reuters

Buyout firm Silver Lake is working on a sale of information technology management company Serena Software Inc, which it has tried to sell at least once before since it acquired the company for $1.2 billion in 2006, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.

Investors Brace For Dell's High-Profile Jumbo LBO Financing

US computer giant Dell Inc is expected to launch its jumbo leveraged buyout financing this month, as it looks to get in ahead of a raft of other high-yield issuers and before US Treasury yields rise further, sister publication IFR reported.

Madison Dearborn Scores Exit With Yankee Candle Sale

After more than six years,Madison Dearborn Partners may finally get to sell Yankee Candle.

ATK Boosts Sporting Business With Purchase Of Bushnell

Alliant Techsystems Inc, the world’s largest ammunitions maker, will buy gun accessories company Bushnell Group Holdings Inc for $985 million as it shifts focus to a fast-growing shooting sports business from a spending-constrained defense industry, Reuters reported.

Surgical Care Affiliates Files For IPO Of Up To $100 Mln

Surgical Care Affiliates Inc, a provider of outpatient surgery facilities, filed with U.S. regulators on Thursday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock, Reuters reported.

PE-Backed Sandwich-Maker Potbelly Files For IPO Up To $75 Mln

Sandwich maker Potbelly Corp, backed by private equity firm Oak Investment Partners, filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering of common stock, Reuters reported.