GP Investments Ltd, the Brazilian firm that financier Jorge Paulo Lemann helped found two decades ago, may announce plans to raise over $1.5 billion for four funds involved in private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments, sources told Reuters News.
2 min read · 09 April 2015
An international arbitrator ruled that Brazil's CCX Carvão da Colombia may not enter talks to sell three coal-mining projects in Colombia to investors represented by the Blackstone Group LP, CCX's main shareholder said on Wednesday.
2 min read · 08 April 2015
Andrew Bowden, head of the compliance and examinations office at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of the month, the SEC announced Tuesday.
1 min read · 08 April 2015
Discovery Communications Inc and private equity firm Providence Equity Partners were among four U.S. bidders expressing interest in South Korean cable TV firm C&M Co, a newspaper reported on Wednesday
1 min read · 08 April 2015
Business software maker Informatica Corp said it would be bought for about $5.3 billion by private equity firms Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), in the biggest U.S. leveraged buyout so far this year, Reuters News reported.
2 min read · 08 April 2015
Private equity firms Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and Corsair Capital are in talks to acquire a major stake in First Eagle Investment Management, valuing the company at around $4 billion, including debt, sources told Reuters News.
1 min read · 08 April 2015
Business software maker Informatica Corp said it would be bought for about US$5.3 billion by private equity firms Permira Funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, in the biggest U.S. leveraged buyout so far this year, Reuters reported. The deal follows a report that another partnership of Thoma Bravo LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan had also submitted bids for the U.S. company.
2 min read · 07 April 2015
Paints company Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA.N) said Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) would buy an 8.7 percent stake in the company from controlling shareholder Carlyle Group (CG.O) for $560 million, Reuters News reported.
1 min read · 07 April 2015
JPMorgan's former OECD Infrastructure Investment Fund Chief Investment Officer is starting an infrastructure alliance and has secured $500 million of commitments from investors including Californian pension giant CalSTRS, Reuters News reported.
2 min read · 07 April 2015
A private equity consortium comprising Permira Advisers Ltd and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has won the bidding for software maker Informatica Corp with an offer of $48 to $50 per share, a source told Reuters News.
1 min read · 07 April 2015
