Private Equity
The $15bn endowment has established a new GP relationship by committing to Pine Brook, which is targeting $2 bn for its second fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
China-based private equity fund returns were lagging in Q1 2012, with emerging markets returns also down year-on-year, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has been active with its South American Buyout Fund recently, acquiring Brazil’s Tok&Stok after purchasing stakes in Grupo Orguel and Ri-Happy earlier this year.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Franklin Templeton-subsidiary made its investment in Grupo Financiero Improsathrough its 2001 ProBanco I Fund, a $27m vehicle.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
North American Breweries will be sold for $388m, representing a 9x overall return, shortly after the sale of auto-parts maker HHI Group, which KPS was selling for a 10x return.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Ares Management reportedly beat rival Centerbridge Partners to acquire food retailer Smart & Final, which Apollo purchased in 2007.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm will acquire Apex Tool Group, its largest disclosed investment of 2012.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The UK’s Acteon Group, a provider of subsea services in the upstream oil and gas sector, will have a new set of private equity sponsors.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Partners Group, which opened an office in Brazil in early 2011, aims to benefit from a growing middle class in the Latin American market.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The oil and gas strategic partnership struck with LLOG is said to be the largest such private equity financing executed in the region.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
