A decade after acquiring art supply brand Utrecht, Brynwood Partners has sold the company to middle market firm Topspin LBO. It is the final exit for the firm's third fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A decade after acquiring art supply brand Utrecht, Brynwood Partners has sold the company to middle market firm Topspin LBO. It is the final exit for the firm's third fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
KKR’s negotiations with underwriters of the First Data deal -- the second such mega deal for which banks have had difficulty syndicating the debt -- will be a harbinger of things to come, says Dechert attorney Scott Zimmerman.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
After more than 20 years with the World Bank’s lending arm, Teresa Barger is leaving to launch her own emerging markets investment venture.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Venture firm Sigma Partners will not make any major changes in its early-stage strategy for its latest, $500 million fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
China has reportedly approved four new private equity funds dedicated to high priority sectors, less than a year after launching its first private equity fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apollo Management has added California Products Corporation to its manufacturing portfolio, just weeks after paying $10.6 billion for specialty chemical maker Huntsman.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Thoma Cressey Bravo will divide its investment team in two for its next round of fundraising. Bryan Cressey will raise and manage a healthcare-focussed fund, and Carl Thoma and Orlando Bravo will raise and manage a software-focussed fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
General Atlantic looks to be ramping up its investment activity in the healthcare sector with the addition of former Uniprise chief executive Tracy Bahl to its team of special advisors.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Two months after adding former Senate majority leader Bill Frist to its investment team, the Thoma Cressey Bravo spinout has hired healthcare vet and Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis chairman Ralph Davis.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
