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Blackstone, Platinum Equity beat the heat with HVAC deals; Schroders likes smaller exits

EGI-backed Ardent Health goes public.

Sweltering summer: 6 PE deals in HVAC

Blackstone, Platinum Equity, Good Springs Capital and Gryphon Investors are some of the firms investing in this space.

Estancia's Dana Kurttila and Darrin Jeffries discuss recent StrategyCorps deal

Estancia seeks to build industry leading lower mid-market companies that provide mission-critical services to financial services end markets.

Wafra's Gustavo Cardenas: Citation Capital's 'consistent' strategy an attraction

Wafra has invested in many PE firms, including Oak Hill Partners, Stone Point Capital and Thompson Street Capital Partners.

Blackford Capital seeks to jumpstart growth for Davalor with M&A

'This is definitely longer than we had initially anticipated,' Martin Stein, Blackford's founder, said about the investment period.

Blackstone’s Jonathan Gray on not-for-profits, plus PE firms bet you buy pharmacy products online

Private equity invests in online pharma products.

Bernhard Capital bets big on university facilities

Universities have an 'arms race' mentality where better campus facilities, better university housing or better athletic facilities are seen as a way to attract students, said Mark Spender, a partner at Bernhard Capital.

Good Springs' debut deal leverages essential home services like HVAC

'We believe in markets where technology cannot suddenly change a whole market and turn it on its head,' said Udi Toledano.

JC Flowers' Eric Rahe: Vericity sale drew 'large, blue-chip' strategic buyers

'The company invested in analytics and went from quarterly, to weekly, to daily and ultimately real-time management,' says JC Flowers managing director and co-president Eric Rahe.

Good Springs Capital invests in Kimbel Mechanical Systems

Kimbel's customer base includes single-family homebuilders and multi-family residential project developers.