Be prepared: The Federal Trade Commission is looking down-market.
5 min read · 12 January 2015
U.S. investors have kicked in about $62 million out of a total of about $282 million raised for BlueGem II, the latest private equity pool from London-based BlueGem Capital Partners, according to a filing.
2 min read · 09 January 2015
Tailwater Capital beat its target by $250 million with a total of $650 million in commitments for Tailwater Enegy Fund II, the third fund since its founding in 2013 by two executives from HM Capital.
2 min read · 08 January 2015
Endeavour Capital hit the hard cap on its seventh private equity pool in about four months, but even with strong demand from LPs, the Portland, Ore.-based firm plans to keep its next fund from getting too big.
2 min read · 07 January 2015
Cyprium Partners has raised $460 million for Cyprium Investors IV LP, a private equity pool launched after the firm spun off from KeyCorp.
2 min read · 07 January 2015
Caesars Entertainment Corp is heading toward a pre-negotiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy expected in mid-January after the debt laden Casino operator missed a $225 million interest payment last month, according to a source and public filings.
2 min read · 06 January 2015
Wasserstein & Co LP’s purchase of 100-employee mass market cosmetics maker Paris Presents Inc marks the first of up to three platform acquisitions expected in 2015 as the New York and Los Angeles firm maintains a healthy pace of deal-making after a stretch on the fundraising trail, according to a source.
2 min read · 05 January 2015
Lone Star Funds beat its $1 billion target by about $340 million for its inaugural Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund I, a private equity pool that will invest in loans originated by its portfolio company, Caliber Home Loans, according to regulatory filings and a source.
1 min read · 05 January 2015
Morgan Stanley investment banker Bill Sanders said he expects a robust deal making environment in 2015 with nearly “all options open” for sponsors, but larger take-private deals may remain limited.
2 min read · 31 December 2014
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut its view on four classes of debt carried by Samson Resources Corp, a fossil fuel producer backed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, NGP Energy and Crestview Partners that’s selling assets to improve liquidity during a time of multi-year lows in commodity prices.
2 min read · 30 December 2014
