Private Equity
Buyouts sat down on March 20 for a Q&A with Ken Mehlman, who was elected chairman of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council late last year. We met at the offices of PEGCC founding member Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, the diversified buyout shop where Mehlman is a member and global head of public affairs.
3 min read · 07 April 2014
The sheer number of consultants available presents a big challenge. Assuming you don’t have the budget to hire one of the big guns, how do you make sure that your project and your consultant are a good match? And how do you get a competitive price? Sister magazine Buyouts checks in with a startup that is seeking to address the issue.
3 min read · 02 April 2014
Ever notice how sponsors tend to score big distributions just before or while they are raising a fund? Ever wonder if they may be thinking more about impressing prospective investors than they are about maximizing value of the portfolio company? Well, academics have been pondering the same questions.
2 min read · 28 March 2014
David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of the Carlyle Group and a proponent of the democratization of private equity, suggested this week his firm was working on a fresh offering aimed at retail investors, sister magazine Buyouts reported.
2 min read · 27 March 2014
Sister publication Buyouts sat down on March 20 for a Q&A with Ken Mehlman, who was elected chairman of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council late last year. He discussed the political scene, the impact of Dodd-Frank, and more.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
With academics now in rousing agreement that private equity firms outperform public equity markets over long periods of time, the race is on to understand how they do it and with what degree of risk for their investors.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Buyouts sat down on March 20 for a Q&A with Ken Mehlman, who was elected chairman of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council late last year. We met at the offices of PEGCC founding member Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, the diversified buyout shop where Mehlman is a member and global head of public affairs.
7 min read · 21 March 2014
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Buyouts Deal of the Year awards!
1 min read · 19 March 2014
Sun Capital Partners is no stranger to restaurant turnarounds, having dug into such companies as Friendly’s and Boston Market. And its experience showed with the rapid revitalization of a sagging seafood chain called Captain D’s Seafood Restaurant.
4 min read · 19 March 2014
Being patient for the right assets to come along, and knowing how to fully exploit them: These two qualities went a long way toward Oak Hill Capital Partners winning its Large Market Deal of the Year award for the creation, ownership and sale of Local TV Holdings LLC.
4 min read · 19 March 2014
