Private Equity
On conference panels, in interviews, through surveys, limited partners routinely telegraph the notion that they prefer the small and mid-sized to the mega. But the fundraising numbers this year tell a different story.
3 min read · 19 July 2012
Executives of NewWorld Capital Group LLC, a New York-based firm making growth equity investments in energy efficiency and related markets, are out having second and third meetings with potential backers for a fund targeting $300 million, according to sister magazine Buyouts...
3 min read · 11 July 2012
If you were wondering why so much money is trying to find a home in mid-market leveraged loans, look no further than the track record of Audax Group.
3 min read · 06 July 2012
3 min read · 28 June 2012
3 min read · 28 June 2012
Public pension funds accounted for just about a third of the money raised by private equity firms last year, according to a survey of placement agents conducted this spring by sister Buyouts Magazine. So, where did the rest come from?
2 min read · 20 June 2012
An investor in Livescribe had written down its Series C investment by 67 percent as of March 31 in a possible sign of waning investor enthusiasm for the maker of gee-whiz, audio-recording pens. What, precisely, is the pen mightier than?
4 min read · 18 June 2012
1 min read · 18 June 2012
So-called nontraded business development companies (BDCs) can raise money from retail investors without giving up many of the advantages and trappings of private limited partnerships. Continuous fundraising? Check. Lengthy lock-ups of capital? Check. Two-and-twenty fee structure? Check.
5 min read · 13 June 2012
5 min read · 13 June 2012
