The firm took about 18 months to raise its third secondaries fund, which had a $1.6bn target.
1 min read · 11 November 2013
Spectrum and Great Hill Partners will sell healthcare payments company Passport Health Communications for $850m after investing in the company in 2008.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
The Toronto-based firm exceeded its $200m target and expects to close its debut secondaries fund in December.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The firm will acquire high-end shoemaker Allen Edmonds from Minnesota-based private equity firm Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, which has owned the company since 2006.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
The firm is nearing its $500m target for the fund, which held a first close on $41m in January.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
Alex Macdonald, a former executive vice president at Canadian insurance company Manulife, will replace OPTrust’s retiring chief investor Morgan Eastman.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
The firm has hired a four-person team led by veteran energy investor Todd Dittmann to focus on energy-related credit investments.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The healthcare-focused firm has hired Tom Brodmerkel, former COO of United Healthcare’s Medicare Programs division, as its first operating partner.
1 min read · 07 November 2013
The firm remained active on the fundraising and investment front in Q3, collecting $800m for its latest North American buyout fund and deploying $1.5 billion in private equity deals.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
Mark Gillett will return to Silver Lake four years after leaving the firm to join Skype, where he was chief transformation officer and later chief development and chief operating officer.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
