Private Equity
3 min read · 16 April 2013
American Securities has scored some early successes in distressed debt investing, pointing the way for other mid-market shops looking for a diversification move that can attract significant institutional money.
3 min read · 15 April 2013
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based lower-mid-market specialist, is leaving financial services behind as it continues to deploy its third pool of capital, which closed at $875 million in mid-March. The firm also plans to continue a shift from pharmaceutical products and services to health care business services that help drive down costs.
3 min read · 04 April 2013
The private equity and finance group of Brookfield Asset Management, Toronto, has wrapped up a $1 billion fund earmarked for mid-market turnarounds and other special situations where the firm can bring its operational expertise to bear. The goal: multiplying its equity investments by two and a half times.
3 min read · 01 April 2013
One of the fundamental principles guiding investors in private equity has been that of persistence of performance. If investors want to back a top-quartile fund, and they all do, a good starting point has been to make sure the predecessor funds were top-quartile.
3 min read · 26 March 2013
A recently settled court case shows how important it is that investors negotiate airtight divorce clauses in their limited partnership documents. It also demonstrates the advantages, for investors, of negotiating the no-fault variety of the clause.
4 min read · 08 March 2013
The fundraising gods haven’t been kind to funds of funds in recent years. But that hasn’t stopped Pathway Capital Management from making big strides on a pair of recent pools.
2 min read · 06 March 2013
The fundraising gods haven’t been kind to funds of funds in recent years. But that hasn’t stopped Pathway Capital Management from making big strides on a pair of recent pools.
2 min read · 05 March 2013
Pathway Capital Management appears to have wrapped up its latest fund at $955.4 million, raised from just three investors, according to a regulatory filing. The investment strategy of the fund isn’t clear from the filing, but the firm is known as a prolific raiser of funds of funds.
1 min read · 19 February 2013
Mercer Investment Management Inc. is more than halfway to its $150 million offering amount on its latest private equity fund, according to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2 min read · 13 February 2013
