Ken MacFadyen
Intel Capital, the captive VC arm of Intel Corp., has set its sights on Brazil, signalling the ongoing improvement seen in the country’s capital markets.
Detroit-based Huron Capital has booked a 5x return on its sale of York Label to Chicago’s Wind Point Partners.
TowerBrook Capital Partners is the latest financial buyer to size up a hockey investment. The firm is backing Dave Checketts’ acquisition of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues – a roughly $150m deal.
Illinois is one of the few states that have passed into legislation a law banning state money from going into Sudan-linked businesses. The rule has already gotten some state pension money banned from certain partnerships. Ken MacFadyen reports.
Dallas-based Brazos Private Equity Partners has agreed to a $100m recap that will take Morton Industrial Group off the public market.
Waud Capital Partners has launched its latest healthcare roll-up, Acadia Healthcare. The firm is partnering with the same executive that spearheaded its Regency Hospital roll-up.
The Cypress Group has bolstered its Stone Canyon platform with the acquisition of Vacation Connections. The transaction represents one of the first deals since the departure of Cypress co-head Jamie Singleton.
Private equity-backed theatre-chains AMC Entertainment and Loews Cineplex Entertainment have completed their tie-up first announced last summer.
According to a report in The Times, Apax Partners CEO Martin Halusa has forecast that there will be a $100bn private equity fund within a decade.
The Blackstone Group has finalised its purchase of Dallas-based La Quinta Corp., paying $3.4bn for the hotel operator.