Sun Capital has expanded its restaurant portfolio with the acquisition of Pacific Coast Restaurants, an operator of 27 restaurants. The struggling US restaurant industry has been increasingly attractive to private equity.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Middle-market firm Castle Harlan will control the largest multi-discipline print group in Australasia following its A$67.3 million acquisition of McMillan Printing Group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Half of Wal-Mart’s $25 million commitment to the Pinnacle Minority Supplier Development Fund has been deployed in five portfolio companies.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners will acquire women’s clothing retailer Limited Stores, as its parent company transitions to a focus on beauty and lingerie.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The newly formed lobbying group has released its first white paper in defence of private equity, coinciding with the first day of the Senate Finance Committee’s hearings on the taxation of carried interest.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
In the latest phase of its development, industry lobbying group the Private Equity Council recently launched a new website meant to increase public knowledge of private equity.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group plans to acquire DJP, a supplier of musculoskeletal and vascular health services and supplies, as an add on for its portfolio company ReAble Therapeutics.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sequa Corporation, a manufacturer with businesses in industries including aerospace, has agreed to be purchased by The Carlyle Group for $2.7 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners will acquire women’s clothing retailer Limited Stores, as its parent company transitions to a focus on beauty and lingerie.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based MidOcean Partners has provided Chicago-based Wind Point with a profitable exit from outdoor accessories company Bushnell Outdoor Products.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
