NEW YORK/LONDON - When Blackstone Group LP named a new global head of private equity last month, Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman was looking for more than just a business unit chief.
5 min read · 27 August 2012
Attention private equity investors! Have you been wondering why all those family- and entrepreneur-owned companies are not eagerly putting their companies up for sale?
3 min read · 20 August 2012
Platte River Equity has raised $190.45 million for its third fund and changed its name.
2 min read · 17 August 2012
During Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s 15-year tenure with Bain Capital, the private equity firm invested $1.91 billion and realized $6.75 billion in proceeds, a multiple of 3.5x.
6 min read · 17 August 2012
Some private equity firms are potentially bidding on Republic Tobacco, despite some investor concern over investments in tobacco and other controversial industries.
3 min read · 17 August 2012
Primus Capital has raised approximately $273.2 million for its latest fund, the target for which it has increased by $100 million.
2 min read · 15 August 2012
Carlyle Group LP is buying Getting Images Inc. from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 billion.
1 min read · 15 August 2012
After a year of not doing any deals, Lincolnshire Management closed its second acquisition in a matter of days.
2 min read · 14 August 2012
The Carlyle Group will generate “roughly 4x” the capital it invested in UC4 Software, the Austrian company it has agreed to sell to Swedish buyout firm EQT Partners, according to a source close to the firm.
2 min read · 14 August 2012
Investment advisory firm Fund Evaluation Group appears to be having some success raising its first fund of funds.
2 min read · 13 August 2012
