Private Equity
High prices have made deal-making as tricky as walking a tightrope.
5 min read · 29 December 2014
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms collected approximately $39.96 billion in commitments during the first quarter of 2014, with nearly $800 million from mezzanine funds. The latest fundraising drive far exceeds the $25.8 billion recorded this time last year.
1 min read · 31 March 2014
Fundraising by U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine funds nudged slightly higher during the last two weeks and stands at more than $39.5 billion so far this year.
1 min read · 17 March 2014
TGI Fridays, the global casual dining restaurant chain known for its red-striped canopies and memorabilia-rich decor, is in advanced talks to sell itself to buyout firm TriArtisan Capital Partners, people familiar with the matter told sister news service Reuters.
2 min read · 28 February 2014
Nicolas Rohatyn, CEO of the The Rohatyn Group, discusses the risks and rewards of investing in emerging markets
1 min read · 27 January 2014
“Super LP” Chris Douvos, a managing director at Venture Investor Associates, talks in this video about the firm’s approach to fund-of-funds investing. Despite the name, the firm invests not only in VC but also growth equity and buyouts, a segment where Douvos says it favors lower-mid-market managers.
1 min read · 02 May 2013
Megan McElroy, vice president at North Sky Capital, talks in this video about the Minneapolis firm’s fund of funds program, which is focused these days on cleantech and lower mid-market buyouts.
1 min read · 25 April 2013
Lincoln Singleton, a managing director at boutique mid-market investment bank Evercore Partners, talks in this video about his work as a placement agent in the firm’s private funds group.
1 min read · 18 April 2013
Kevin Nee, the president of Wilshire Private Markets, talks in this video about the ways the Santa Monica-based fund-of-funds shop, a 40-member group within Wilshire Associates, evaluates candidates for investments, 65 percent of which are LBO funds run by mid-market and small-market managers. Wilshire doesn’t want to be an index of private equity, Nee says. “We want to do something for our clients that they can’t do on their own.”
1 min read · 04 April 2013
Even as many investors move into index funds, Harvard University is confident that it can keep posting above-average returns with actively managed investments, the head of the school’s investment arm said on Wednesday.
3 min read · 04 April 2013
