The private equity industry invested $144bn across 1,702 transactions in the US in 2011, according to a recent Private Equity Growth Capital Council Report.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm is well on the way to its $1.5bn hard-cap, having raised more than $400m since holding a first close in September.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Tom Donovan, an eight-year veteran of Credit Suisse’s senior distribution team, will lead the placement agent’s efforts in North America.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Riverside Partners has closed its fifth fund on $561m to target investments in healthcare and technology companies.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The fund’s advisory board includes several US foreign policy heavyweights, including General Wesley Clarke and terror-expert Richard Clarke.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm’s sixth emerging markets fund will not focus on one particular region and will instead opt for a global approach.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Blackstone Group’s ‘tactical opportunities’ business is targeting $3bn to $5bn, which will be raised through the formation of separate, customised accounts with limited partners.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Mexico increased its overall score compared to 2011, as improvements to its capital markets structure have strengthened the exit environment for small and medium sized companies.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The $24.7bn pension system will issue separate requests-for-proposals for an alternatives consultant and a real estate consultant, with plans to award new contracts by the end of the year.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
