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Xplornet to be acquired by Stonepeak in $2bn deal: G&M

Xplornet Communications, a Woodstock, New Brunswick-based provider of rural broadband services, has reportedly struck a deal to be acquired by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.

1 min read · 27 February 2020

Managers

Siguler Guff opts for more direct investing in smaller markets

Siguler Guff's Small Buyout Opportunities Fund IV, closed in December at $1.57 billion-plus, will invest in funds and direct activity on a 50:50 basis.

3 min read · 26 February 2020

News & Analysis

CDPQ invests record $7.9bn in 2019, as PE strategy continues shift to directs

Following a significant re-weighting of CDPQ's private equity portfolio, direct investing represents more than three-quarters of all activity.

3 min read · 26 February 2020

Investors

OMERS Private Equity makes Michael Graham chief

Graham, a 17-year OMERS veteran, will replace Mark Redman, who has decided to leave the Canadian pension fund for personal reasons.

2 min read · 19 February 2020

Managers

Riverside-spinout Align Capital closes sophomore fund at $450m hardcap

Align kept a rapid investment pace over three years, completing 24 platform and add-on deals, helping to validate its strategy, Managing Partner Steve Dyke said.

3 min read · 19 February 2020

Investors

CBRE Caledon plans for succession as CEO David Rogers steps back

David Rogers, who founded CBRE Caledon Capital in 2007, previously led the private equity group of OMERS.

3 min read · 14 February 2020

Managers

EagleTree’s Fund V closes at $1.1bn with help of Carlyle’s AlpInvest, other investors

Structured financing and minority investments from four firms, including AlpInvest Partners, helped make EagleTree Capital the largest investor in Fund V.

2 min read · 12 February 2020

Managers

HIG Capital spinout part of 2020’s new crop of emerging managers

American Pacific Group, founded by Fraser Preston, formerly an HIG managing director, will mostly acquire lower mid-market companies in software and tech.

3 min read · 11 February 2020

Managers

EIV closes in on $750m goal for fourth midstream energy fund

The Houston private equity firm set a target of $525m and a hard cap of $600m for Fund IV, with a sidecar pool that is offering $150m.

2 min read · 07 February 2020

Managers

Energy PE fundraising at an ebb in 2019 as LPs rethink allocations

Some LPs are planning to reduce exposure to oil-and-gas funds due to climate change considerations, however, a bigger fundraising challenge in the near term is limited paybacks on existing investments.

5 min read · 07 February 2020

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