The Boston-based global private equity firm exceeded its original goal of €2.5 billion. Meanwhile, the firm is nearing an additional $15 billion for two other funds.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The New York firm led by Steven Klinsky saw huge demand from LPs who amid the credit crunch ‘like our style on a relative basis more than ever’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CFOs at private equity firms with more than $5 billion in assets enjoy higher pay, on average, than do CFOs at smaller firms, according to a survey conducted by sister publication PEI Manager.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment bank is quietly drawing together professionals from within the firm to raise alternative investment funds for external clients.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Boston buyout firm has reached a final close on its sixth fund – the first to have no involvement with the firm’s namesake founder.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
In what could be a bellwether for interim valuations in large private equity funds, publicly traded KKR Private Equity Investors has announced a round of significant write-downs in its portfolio of direct investments, in line with fair-value accounting rules that GPs around the world are facing pressure to adopt.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm will bring a portfolio of children’s characters, including Barney, Pingu and Bob the Builder, to a new 25,000-square foot complex in Dubailand.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Boston buyout firm has reached a final close on its sixth fund – the first to have no involvement with the firm’s namesake founder.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Boston buyout firm has reached a final close on its sixth fund – the first to have no involvement with the firm’s namesake founder.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The emerging markets-focused Chicago firm will target platforms likely to benefit from a global real estate boom, but eschew direct property investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013