Dealmaking

New Mountain's Convey Health seeks buyer

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Walmart is rolling out the robots, Principal Financial agreed to acquire Wells Fargo's institutional retirement and trust business for $1.2 billion and ex-TPG Managing Partner Bill McGlashan is among the sixteen indicted in the college cheating scandal.

VIDEO: Bill Browder on the problem with emerging markets

In this two-minute video, the Russia veteran explains why rule of law and property rights are crucial to a successful investment.

PE HUB First Read

First Read ushers in the day with news that a Morgan Stanley report says that Apple could eventually top $300 billion in annual sales from health care, Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in the college admissions cheating scandal, and everyone gets free Ben & Jerry's ice cream today.

Big rounds continue to drive venture capital investing in Q1

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph Alles is leaving his post, a powerful spyware app is now targeting iPhone owners and American Airlines cancellations reach into June because of the 737 Max grounding.

LACERA’s secondaries sale slashes GP relationships by one-fifth

The pension system will continue to evaluate secondaries to opportunistically sell and buy interests in.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: Silverton, BRS, Enlightenment and Vista Equity are hiring

This week’s jobs include a principal at Silverton Partners and associates at Enlightenment Capital and BRS and an analyst at Vista Equity Partners.

2U Inc to buy Trilogy Education for $750 mln

2U Inc has agreed to acquire Boca Raton, Florida and New York City-based Trilogy Education, a workforce accelerator that prepares adult learners for careers in the digital economy, for $750 million. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. provided financial advice to 2U on the transaction while Morgan Stanley advised Trilogy Education. Trilogy's backers included Highland Capital Partners, Macquarie Capital, Exceed Capital, Rethink Impact, City Light Capital and Triumph Capital LLC.

Silverton, BRS, Enlightenment and Vista Equity are hiring

This week’s jobs include a principal at Silverton Partners and associates at Enlightenment Capital and BRS and an analyst at Vista Equity Partners.