Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has purchased a gold jewelry manufacturer from Norwest Equity Partners. Coupled with an acquisition announced earlier this week, Berkshire Hathaway will now operate the world’s largest jewelry supplier, and once again resembles the private equity firms its CEO spurns.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based firm’s second fund is more than three times the size of its previous vehicle.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
3i’s US arm has bought a stake in a Bermuda-based hedge fund administrator, in the latest move in an active year for the firm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has purchased a gold jewelry manufacturer from Norwest Equity Partners. Coupled with an acquisition announced earlier this week, Berkshire Hathaway will now operate the world’s largest jewelry supplier, and once again resembles the private equity firms its CEO spurns.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
HM Capital became the latest in a slew of private equity firms to invest in distributors of yellow pages directories, when it announced an agreement to acquire Phone Directories Company. The investment is the first from HM’s new Sector Performance Fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The New York-based private equity firm predicts that the acquisition of the military recruiting and consulting firm Orion will create synergies with its other portfolio companies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
GSO Capital Partners will add the largest ice manufacturer in the US to its diverse portfolio.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As GM shaves off assets to improve liquidity, Onex and The Carlyle Group have come away with US-based Allison Transmission.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Former Deutsche pro Stewart Homler will lead AIG’s expansion in the Japanese alternative investments market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Boston, Massachusetts-based venture firm has closed its second fund on $360 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
