Private Equity
Tracy Harris, a partner with former fund of funds Parish Capital, has joined the Customized Fund Investment Group to work on the bank’s investment partnership with North Carolina.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
Kainos Capital, targeting $400m, received hefty backing from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which committed more than $100m to Fund I and is also helping Kainos become an independent firm.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
The Robert Smith-led firm will target $600m for its first debt fund and likely $500m for its second small-cap vehicle as it comes off a year in which it returned $2bn to LPs.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The private investment firm, which announced this week it would partner with Warren Buffett to buy Heinz for $28bn, recently hired former Goldman managing director Daniel Dreyfus as a partner.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm is targeting $275m for its third fund after collecting $250m for Fund II in 2008.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The buyout would be little known 3G’s most recent acquisition of a well-known consumer brand, after its $4bn deal for Burger King in 2010.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The pharmaceutical royalties-focused firm aims to hold a final close on $1bn by the end of the first quarter.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Andrew Caspersen will focus on the growing need of GPs to restructure aging funds that are approaching the end of their lives.
4 min read · 21 September 2013
ATP Private Equity Partners has been watching Asia for several years and sees a market that is finally maturing as certain teams show stability and strong track records.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The financial services giant hired AIG executive Jackie Jenkins last year to lead the alternatives team, and is looking for someone to focus on the $3bn private equity portfolio.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
