Private Equity

Financial services

Carlyle invests $11m in Korean financial services provider

Korea’s anti-foreign image has not deterred Carlyle from investing in a local distributor of financial products.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

TA returns to financial services

ESecLending is the latest financial technology company to be bought by the Boston-based firm, in what could be the first investment for TA’s new $3.5 bn fund.

1 min read · 31 December 2012

J.C. Flowers Decides to Keep Ascensus

Whatever happened to the Ascensus auction? J.C. Flowers & Co. pulled the sale of the former Bisys Retirement Services, two sources tell peHUB.

2 min read · 02 November 2012

GTCR Buys U.K. Insurance Services Company For $1.4B

GTCR, which is midway through its tenth buyout fund, has acquired Premium Credit, a U.K.-based provider of insurance serivces.

2 min read · 02 November 2012

FTV Capital Looks To Raise $500M For Fourth Fund

FTV Capital is out fundraising, looking to collect $500 million for its fourth private equity fund, according to a late October regulatory filing.

1 min read · 01 November 2012

Recruiting Easier Now That Hedge Funds Less Attractive

M&A’s on the backburner. Fundraising is still tough. But one thing has gotten easier for private equity firms: recruiting.

2 min read · 01 November 2012

Richardson Steps Down From MD Role At Providence

Julie Richardson, considered one of the most powerful women in private equity, has stepped down as a full-time managing director at Providence Equity Partners to become a senior adviser.

1 min read · 01 November 2012

J.W. Childs To Make Roughly 5x Its Money On CHG Sale

Once a private equity firm passes into zombieland, can it ever come back? J.W. Childs Associates may have something to say about that.

2 min read · 29 October 2012

Advent, GS Capital To Take $400M Dividend From TransUnion

Just months after closing their $3 billion buy of TransUnion, Advent International and GS Capital are getting some of their money back.

2 min read · 29 October 2012

Big Payday For NBTY Owner Carlyle Group

1 min read · 29 October 2012

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