OMERS Private Equity has purchased Michigan-based Great Expressions Dental Centers, a ‘recession resistant’ business, according to the Toronto-based pension.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the firm’s LPs reaffirmed their confidence in Blackstone by increasing their commitments in Q3. The firm has a record $33.4bn of dry powder.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Advent International has invested in cardiovascular treatment company American Heart of Poland, the firm’s 12th Polish investment and 36th in Central and Eastern Europe.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The bank's $956m dedicated mezzanine vehicle, which closed in January, provides financing for private equity deals in which it can also make direct equity investments and co-investments.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The lower mid-market firm has sold Power Distribution for $235m after more than quadrupling the company's revenues in less than five years, says managing partner Jeff Drazan.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has named Tony De Nunzio, the former CEO of UK supermarket chain and Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda Group, as a senior advisor, based in New York.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Toronto-based mid-market firm has made one acquisition from the fund, acquiring Kansas-based automotive product-maker Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Toronto-based pension fund’s venture capital group OMERS Ventures is led by senior vice president of OMERS Strategic Investments, John Ruffolo.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Ernest Lambers and John Stephens have left the emerging markets fund of funds to join the London and Hong Kong offices of secondaries-focused Pomona.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The distressed debt specialist is offering a competing debtor-in-possession loan for bankrupt Sun Capital Partners portfolio company Real Mex, one of two restaurant chains the firm controls to go bankrupt this week.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
