Hedge fund behemoth SAC Capital is preparing to launch an Asia-focused private equity investment platform under the direction of three professionals who worked together at Ripplewood, according to market sources.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two private equity advisory firms, Hamilton Lane and Pacific Corporate Group, are the finalists in Oregon’s search for a new consultant, following heavy turnover at PCG.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Adding to its global pharmaceutical platform, the private equity giant has agreed to buy Ohio-based Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Two private equity advisory firms, Hamilton Lane and Pacific Corporate Group, are the finalists in Oregon’s search for a new consultant, following heavy turnover at PCG.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The two firms have partnered to buy Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in a deal worth $53m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity arm of the financial powerhouse will join CanWest Global Communications in acquiring Toronto-listed Alliance Atlantis, a Canadian broadcaster.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, Softbank and the NYSE are buying a combined 20 percent stake in the National Stock Exchange of India.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm has unveiled a new Hong Kong office co-led by Antony Leung, the region’s former financial secretary, and by Ben Jenkins, a top Blackstone dealmaker who will relocate to Asia. Schwarzman is ’impressed’ by China’s economic reforms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Robert Bass-affiliated private equity firm will pay $575m for nine network-affiliated, regional television stations.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Guggenheim Partners has earned a big payday in the $1.6bn sale of its aircraft portfolio to an affiliate of alternative investment giant Fortress Investment.
2 min read · 04 January 2013