Private Equity
Buyout firm ABRY Partners LLC is going back to the market to raise its fourth mezzanine fund, according to an investor’s report.
2 min read · 15 October 2012
Prices eased for mid-market buyouts in the third quarter, and credit conditions eased a tad, according to Standard & Poor’s Leveraged Commentary and Data. Equity contributions remained high by historical standards.
2 min read · 15 October 2012
Buyout firms are fortifying their marketing and investor relations teams, and those executives are landing pretty solid salaries.
3 min read · 15 October 2012
2 min read · 15 October 2012
Seizing the opportunity to raise new money in a low-rate environment, business development companies are issuing new equity and debt and taking other steps to shore up their financial positions.
3 min read · 15 October 2012
2 min read · 15 October 2012
While the JOBS Act may ease certain restrictions on buyout fundraising, it may well introduce new competitors in dealmaking, in the view of Brian Hamilton, the CEO of Sageworks Inc., a data-analytics company focused on private companies.
3 min read · 10 October 2012
Card-payment processors, long a darling of the buyout business, may be losing their luster, market watchers tell Buyouts.
4 min read · 01 October 2012
Joncarlo Mark remains convinced that the world is ready for an even more vigorous secondary market for limited partnership interests.
2 min read · 01 October 2012
As they look forward to their first reviews by federal securities examiners, buyout firms should do all right so long as they can document that they have established the proper policies and procedures to comply with the law and that they are actually following them, lawyers say.
4 min read · 21 September 2012
