Participants in the Latin American M&A market cite the regulatory climate and opposition to giving up management control as the top foils to private equity in the region, according to a survey.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The exchange-focussed private equity firm has brought aboard the head of CHX Holdings, parent company of the Chicago Stock Exchange, as it deploys its second fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The DLJ spin-out has sold its 100 percent holding in Catamount Energy after purchasing the company for $76m in 2005. Catamount operates a 300-megawatt wind farm in Texas and holds 1,750-megawatts in developmental interests in the UK and US.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The state pension has approved 11 commitments including $675m across seven private equity funds.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Former ABC Broadcasting president Robert Callahan and former Altria Group chief financial officer Dinyar Devitre have joined the global growth equity firm to identify and advise portfolio companies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US-focussed venture firm has closed its third fund targeting energy and power, advanced materials and process and prevention technologies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm, which has eight offices throughout Asia, has appointed Sunil Kaul as an operationally-focussed senior director as Carlyle seeks to raise its third Asian buyout fund targeting $2bn.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Seoul High Court has reversed a lower court's decision that convicted the US private equity firm of manipulating the stock price of the credit card division of the Korea Exchange Bank; the decision brings Lone Star one step closer to a $6.3bn sale of its stake to HSBC.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Pacific Northwest technology investor has raised its most recent fund in a matter of months with 100 percent of institutional investors returning.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
LinkedIn, SodaHead, Twitter and I’m In Like With You are among the most recent companies to receive backing in the increasingly crowded social networking sector.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
