Private Equity
Buyout and mezzanine shops based in the United States have secured about $85 billion collectively in capital so far this year.
1 min read · 02 July 2012
Buyout and mezzanine shops in the U.S. have collectively secured roughly $74.5 billion this year. The latest tally reflects the activities of many firms, such as Harvest Partners LLC. The firm secured more for its Harvest Partners VI LP, which now has $1.03 billion in commitments towards its $1.1 billion target.
1 min read · 18 June 2012
Domestic buyout and mezzanine shops have continued to secure more capital commitments to bring the fundraising tally this year to $66.4 billion. The past two weeks has seen a number of interim closes.
1 min read · 04 June 2012
The past couple of weeks were busy for U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms. On the fundraising front, Warburg Pincus LLC secured $5 billion towards Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI LP’s $12 billion goal.
1 min read · 21 May 2012
M&A had a lackluster start in 2012 and this dullness contributed to a 49 percent drop in investment bank fee payments by financial sponsors. Fees for the first quarter fell to $1.72 billion from $3.36 billion in the same period a year earlier. The aggregate reflects a decrease in contributions from all product categories.
3 min read · 23 April 2012
The exit markets were kind to sponsors during the first quarter of 2012. U.S.-based financial sponsors completed about 85 exits via M&A, and also completed about 14 initial public offerings.
4 min read · 09 April 2012
1 min read · 26 March 2012
2 min read · 01 August 2011
New York-based J.C. Flowers won a bid to enter exclusive talks to buy Compagnie Europeene de Prevoyance, Reuters reported. Compagnie Europeene de Prevoyance is a French loan insurance broker. Financial terms were not disclosed. However, a source familiar with the matter said the deal with French private equity firm PAI Partners valued the company at more than 800 million euros ($1.16 billion).
2 min read · 06 May 2011
PeixeUrbano received a growth capital investment from General Atlantic. The financing round included participation from Tiger Global Management. PeixeUrbano plans to use the capital for recruiting, new marketing campaigns and geographical expansion. PeixeUrbano of Brazil is a collective buying website.
4 min read · 06 May 2011
