The firm has promoted Seth Boro and Holden Spaht to managing partners in San Francisco, bringing the total number of managing partners to six.
1 min read · 23 October 2013
The investment comes as Avista seeks $2bn for its third fund and Nordic targets €3bn for its Fund VIII.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
The Canadian distressed-for-control investor closed on $812m. Catalyst’s previous fund hit its $1bn hard-cap in 2011.
1 min read · 09 October 2013
Private equity fundraising stood at roughly $269bn at the end of the third quarter - with the UK particularly buoyant - and looks set to record its highest annual total since the financial crisis.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
TCW has acquired socially responsible investment firm Craton Equity Partners, which is targeting $400m for its Fund II.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
The firm’s acquisition of cloud-based software company ACTIVE Network represents a 111% premium to ACTIVE’s average closing price so far this year.
1 min read · 09 October 2013
3i, Terra Firma and KPS lead the charge of operators in PEI's 2013 Operational Excellence Awards - along with nine others, including second-time winners Headland Capital and Nordic Capital.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
The mid-market firm plans to invest $450m alongside Douglas Bergeron, CEO of former GTCR portfolio company VeriFone, to acquire financial technology companies.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
The Nordic private equity market is ripe with secondary opportunities thanks to a strong macroeconomic environment and outperforming GPs, says managing partner at Cubera Jørgen Kjærnes.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
Roughly 10 years after acquiring GROHE, a maker of luxury bathroom fittings, TPG and Credit Suisse will sell the company to Japan’s Lixil, marking the largest ever investment in Germany by a Japanese company.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
