Advent International is following regional rival GP Investimentos into the Brazilian restaurant sector with its agreement to buy Viena for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Warburg Pincus has bolstered its telecommunications portfolio with a $245 million equity investment in Integra Telecom, which is set to become the largest local exchange carrier in the western US.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private sector arm of the World Bank may join Blackstone and Citi in contributing to a $5 billion Indian infrastructure fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based Arsenal Capital Partners has hired John Dupuy, formerly of relocation and logistics company SIRVA, to help the firm source deals and provide operational support for portfolio companies in the transportation and logistics sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Canadian Gibralt Capital has entered the popular aerospace sector with its acquisition of a majority stake in Toronto-based Skyservice Airlines.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
VSS has agreed to pay $185 million for direct marketing company TRANZACT, generating for its owner, Halyard Capital, a return of 12 times its investment and an 85 percent IRR.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns has created a private trading platform, which will bring the total number of such private US exchanges to four.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Cerberus portfolio company Aegis Mortgage has filed for bankruptcy – it owes the private equity firm $178 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Canadian buyout firm Kilmer Capital is targeting C$250 million for its latest fund, to which Kensington Capital Partners’ publicly traded fund of funds has committed an undisclosed amount.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
In the third auto parts buyout in two weeks, Norwest Equity Partners has sold Imperial Supplies to American Capital Strategies for $112 million in equity and debt.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
