The firm has hired managing director Tony Morgan (pictured) from CPPIB to help identify ‘great opportunities in the European market’, according to Onex CEO Gerald Schwartz.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
A $25m lawsuit against Castle Harlan claims the firm engaged in ‘fraud’ and ‘unjust enrichment’ for its ‘quick flip’ of Australian mining company Norcast last year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Connecticut-based consumer specialist is in market with its seventh buyout fund, targeting $300m more than its predecessor fund that closed in 2006.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The mid-market firm has made two investments from its sixth fund, which has collected about $1.03bn.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Russell Steenberg (pictured), global head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners, believes LPs need to hedge their private equity investments rather than react to short-term market trends.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm has launched its second secondaries fund, which will target limited partner commitments of less than $25m in funds that are more than 30% invested.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Jeremy Thompson has joined Penfund as a partner roughly two months after the mid-market firm raised C$460m for its fourth fund, nearly twice the size of its previous vehicle.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The mid-market firm has sold contact lens business 1- 800 CONTACTS five years after taking the company private for $340m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Following a strong first quarter of 2012 that saw ‘wide open’ capital markets in the US and Canada, lending has taken a significant hit, largely due to continued uncertainty in Europe.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Limited partners that made significant co-investments in 2011 are finding a healthy amount of co-investment opportunities in 2012.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
