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Managers

Macky Tall to lead CDPQ’s new private equity and real assets unit

As part of the job, Tall will directly manage the global PE investment platform, replacing Charles Émond, who in January was named CDPQ’s president and CEO.

3 min read · 17 April 2020

Investors

Ontario Teachers’ ramps up portfolio aid, recognizes some companies ‘may not survive’

Jane Rowe, head of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan's private capital group, said the organization is benefiting from a balanced portfolio and focus on private companies that “work well in the long-term and through different cycles.”

3 min read · 17 April 2020

Managers

Monogram Capital unveils Fund II as market turns chilly for emerging managers

Monogram Capital Partners II's launch comes as the fundraising market is being battered by the covid-19 pandemic, creating fresh challenges for first- and second-time vehicles.

3 min read · 14 April 2020

Managers

Riverwood nears $1.5bn target for latest offerings after growing partnership team

Riverwood’s fundraising milestone follows an expansion of the firm's partners to eight with the January promotions of Harish Belur, Joaquim Lima and Scott Ransenberg.

2 min read · 10 April 2020

Managers

OMERS’ new PE chief doubles down on direct investing amid turbulence

In his first interview since becoming head of OMERS Private Equity, Michael Graham says as the market gets choppier, "we see lots of opportunities for buying great companies at better prices.”

3 min read · 08 April 2020

Managers

HIG Capital spinout American Pacific closes inaugural fund at $450m hard cap

Investors backed American Pacific Group’s first offering, founder and managing partner Fraser Preston said, because of its niche focus on lower mid-market companies “the market has passed over.”

3 min read · 07 April 2020

Featured

Turnaround Deal of the Year: KPS Capital Partners

It’s been life in the fast lane for Chassis Brakes as a result of KPS’s complex rebuild.

3 min read · 03 April 2020

Managers

OpenGate Capital, forged in the last market downturn, is ready for the next one

OpenGate's earliest transactions were done at the height the financial crisis, “the best university anyone could ever go through,” founder and CEO Andrew Nikou told Buyouts.

4 min read · 31 March 2020

News & Analysis

Catalyst Capital sees spike in distressed, rescue deals with prolonged covid-19 downturn

Gabriel de Alba, Catalyst’s managing director and partner, sees the disruptive impact of the covid-19 outbreak as potentially lasting throughout 2020 and into 2021.

3 min read · 31 March 2020

Managers

Seidler Equity Partners completes $800m Fund VII inside three months

Seidler Equity Partners VII’s swift close owes mostly to re-up commitments by existing institutional investors, many of them long-time backers of Seidler pools.

3 min read · 27 March 2020

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