Brazos Private Equity Partners has acquired two food manufacturers, the firm’s first moves under the food and beverage investment programme it launched last year in partnership with former Brach’s Confections head Terry O’Brien.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The new fund is just one of several regionally focussed vehicles Aureos Capital is in the midst of raising.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Oak Hill Capital Partners looks to round out its growing aerospace portfolio with the purchase of Firth Rixson.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Global Emerging Markets Group and the Chinese government's investment arm are together raising a $1 billion fund to target mineral energy sources in the developing world.
1 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
The head of Wilshire Associate's Private Markets Group, Tom Lynch, plans to end his 16 year-career with the advisory firm.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Conditions in the leveraged loan market mirror those in the subprime market, the IMF said in its semiannual report. The result could be a rise in defaults, widespread volatility and the drying up of dealflow.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Tom Hicks’ SPAC has raised $552 million in an initial public offering said to be the largest of its kind to date. The blank check vehicle will target one or more non-energy businesses in the US or Canada.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The China-focussed venture firm has closed a second fund twice the size of its debut vehicle, just one year later.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners has added the first dental company to its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of Den-Mat Holdings.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
