Private Equity

Jenna Gottlieb

Apax invests $1bn in Brazilian debut

Apax adds to private equity momentum in Brazil, following First Reserve and The Carlyle Group in recent deals.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

KKR- and Bain-backed HCA files $4.6bn IPO

Post-IPO - which is expected to be the largest PE-backed listing in three years - Bain and KKR stand to recoup 75% of their original investment, while still retaining an 80% stake in HCA.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Growing an association

As the Private Equity Council gears up to add more members, officials from two leading private equity trade associations share their perspective how to build association membership while staying true to the core mission.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

THL offers $1.1bn for inVentiv Health

The purchase of the pharma industry service provider would mark THL’s first deal of 2010, after being out-bid by Apollo for CKE Restaurants last month.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

PE-backed firms provide 6m US jobs

The Private Equity Council estimates private equity-backed companies channeled more than $1trn in new capital into 9,500 US companies during the past 10 years.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: Madison Dearborn closes Fund VI on $4.1bn

The target for Fund VI was originally $10bn, which was cut to $7.5bn in 2008.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

European ministers oppose AIFM

French and German foreign minsters have come out strongly against the ‘third country’ rules in the latest draft of the proposed EU regulations.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Oregon wins fee break from Aquiline

The $65bn pension is mulling a $100m commitment to Aquiline's second FIG fund, which will allocate 100% of deal fees back to the fund.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

KKR to buy stake in helicopter company for $924m

KKR will take a 49.9% stake in Spain-based Grupo Inaer, leaving Investindustrial and management with the remaining 50.1%.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Chicago Municipal seeks secondary fund of funds

The $5 billion pension fund has raised its private equity allocation to 10 percent from 3 percent.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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