1 You have been involved in the private equity industry for more than 30 years now, including your current firm, Pantheon, as well as Elevation Partners and Merrill Lynch Private Equity Funds Group. What is the most interesting current development from your perspective?
4 min read · 05 August 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc revealed at least $2.6 billion in commitments to GS Mezzanine Partners VI LP, the marquee merchant bank’s first major private equity fund since 2007, as it builds out its dominant franchise in mezzanine investing.
2 min read · 01 August 2014
Oaktree Capital Group said it held its only fund close during the second quarter for Oaktree Enhanced Income Fund II LP, with the senior loan investment pool expected to reach $2.2 billion, including leverage.
1 min read · 31 July 2014
The Carlyle Group said its Carlyle Europe Partners III fund appreciated 47 percent in the past year, while it revealed plans to close its fourth Asia fund and its first Carlyle International Energy fund in the third quarter, according to the latest financial update from the firm.
2 min read · 30 July 2014
Tribeca Oven CEO Marc Essenfeld said the rapidly growing artisan bread maker seriously considered a private equity buyer when it moved to sell itself, but the New Jersey-based company went with a strategic buyer instead.
3 min read · 30 July 2014
GE Antares has beefed up its lower mid-market lending team with four senior executives added in the past year, as it takes aim at a growing pipeline of senior debt deals, an executive told Buyouts.
2 min read · 30 July 2014
Trilantic Capital Partners filed a Form D for a new European pool while tapping into its recently launched energy fund for a fresh joint venture with family-owned Ward Petroleum Corp, in a busy summer for the New York firm.
2 min read · 28 July 2014
Goldman Sachs Group trimmed $1 billion in the first half of the year from alternative funds subject to the Volcker Rule, bringing the total figure down to $8 billion, according to recent comments by the marquee investment bank and private equity fund manager.
2 min read · 28 July 2014
The first half of 2014 marked richer buyout valuations across the board, with purchase price multiples of sponsored deals hitting about 10x EBITDA, on average, by late June.
3 min read · 28 July 2014
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said it expects to hold a first closing for it new multi-billion-dollar European fund by early 2015 and touted early returns from its real estate fund.
2 min read · 24 July 2014
