Private Equity
Fundraising by U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms has risen to approximately $98.9 billion for the year. The largest contributor in the last three weeks was The Carlyle Group, which raised $4.3 billion in capital commitments for its fund Carlyle Partners VI.
1 min read · 02 September 2013
Since 1998, the IRR of the top performing domestic buyout fund for each vintage year tracked by Buyouts has been at least 25 percent.
1 min read · 30 August 2013
When examining buyout deals from a value perspective, consumer related portfolio companies receive the most capital with the average value of a deal being over $130 million.
1 min read · 16 August 2013
U.S. buyout and mezzanine shops have collectively secured approximately $92 billion so far in 2013. Compared to 2012, this figure is slightly lower than the $105.5 billion raised from investor commitments by this time last year. Among the firms who closed their funds over the past weeks were Generation Growth Capital and Rock Hill Capital Group.
1 min read · 12 August 2013
So far in 2013, buyout firms have participated in almost 2,000 deals.
1 min read · 08 August 2013
The stigma that used to be associated with using a placement agent to raise a fund, if it ever existed, has largely dissipated.
1 min read · 02 August 2013
LeapFrog Investments is a different kind of private equity firm, one that succeeds not just by making money, but by making a positive impact on society.
6 min read · 29 July 2013
More and more limited partners seem to be complaining that their general partners are expensing costs to the fund that they expected the GP to pick up the tab on.
1 min read · 26 July 2013
The exit scene has been gaining momentum over the second quarter, building on the laid-back market witnessed in Q1.
4 min read · 15 July 2013
U.S. buyout shops raised $2.2 billion in investor commitments over the second half of June, resulting in $41.9 billion being raised for both buyout and mezzanine funds since the start of the year. Overall fundraising is way down from last year, when firms managed to raise $85 billion by the end of the second quarter.
1 min read · 01 July 2013
