Private Equity
Institutional investors with the biggest private equity programs do a more comprehensive job of evaluating potential sponsors, a survey-based discussion paper finds, and they use different criteria than investors with smaller programs.
3 min read · 25 February 2014
As lenders, co-investors and limited partners, a number of insurance companies are placing big bets on the high-risk, high-reward middle market.
5 min read · 18 February 2014
Tower Arch Capital, formed early last year by former executives at HGGC, has recently launched an institutional road show to finish raising a debut fund with help from placement agent Shannon Advisors, according to a source familiar with the effort.
2 min read · 12 February 2014
Only about one in 10 respondents to a recent private equity survey on marketing and branding say they “love” social media and “use it regularly,” evidence that sponsors remain wary of fully embracing Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other networks in their promotional campaigns.
2 min read · 11 February 2014
The Blackstone Group’s Joe Baratta and The Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein didn’t always see eye to eye during separate keynote talks at Harvard Business School on Feb. 9, most notably on the question of whether global or regional funds are the way to go.
4 min read · 11 February 2014
The Blackstone Group’s Joe Baratta and The Carlyle Group’s David Rubenstein didn’t always see eye to eye during separate keynote talks at Harvard Business School on Feb. 9, most notably on the question of whether global or regional funds are the way to go.
6 min read · 10 February 2014
Buyouts is now accepting applications for its fourteenth annual Deal of the Year awards, honoring exceptional buyouts that were fully or mostly realized in 2013.
1 min read · 07 February 2014
Lazard Ltd’s Private Fund Advisory Group, which raises private equity and real estate funds, and whose fastest-growing business is advising on secondary sales, expects to hire at least three more people over the next several months, according to a source close to the group.
2 min read · 05 February 2014
The industry has been touting its ability to create jobs for some time. Should it be placing greater emphasis on jobs saved?
4 min read · 05 February 2014
Inquiring regulators want to know.
2 min read · 30 January 2014
