Private Equity

Natural Resources

Panda running ahead of debut with $535.5 Mln for second power fund

Panda Power Funds, the Dallas-based private equity firm that invests in energy projects, has raised $535.5 million for Panda Power Fund II LP as it looks to roughly double the size of its debut fund, according to Form D filings and sources familiar with the firm.

2 min read · 09 January 2014

Exclusive: Trivest adds Niagara unit to conservation platform

Trivest Partners LP has closed the acquisition of a unit of Niagara Conservation Corp as an add-on for its AM Conservation Group platform, in a move aimed at building a market leader in the estimated $100 million niche business of providing products to utility companies that save water and electricity.

1 min read · 13 December 2013

Talking Top Quartile With Toby Smith of Lombard Investments

The Lombard Investments Asia III Fund turned in an IRR of 22.7 percent and ranks near the top of our list for the vintage year of 2007. Tell us about the fundraising cycle and your target for that fund. That year was still the so-called golden era of private equity, so was it easy to sell a story about an Asia fund?

3 min read · 11 November 2013

Energy Future interest payment buys time to restructure

Energy Future Holdings made an interest payment of about $270 million to subordinated bondholders on Nov 1, setting the stage for a few more months of restructuring talks that are likely to come to a head early next year, sister news service Reuters reported.

3 min read · 11 November 2013

Energy Future Holdings says talks with creditors break off

Energy Future Holdings, straining under $40 billion of debt, said talks with creditors had broken off, a day after sources said the company would make a critical interest payment, sister news service Reuters reported.

1 min read · 01 November 2013

Energy Future plans to make interest payment on Friday

Energy Future Holdings (EFH), the embattled Texas power generator, is planning to make a $270 million interest payment due on Nov 1, according to a person familiar with the matter, sister news service Reuters reported.

3 min read · 31 October 2013

Altamont Capital Fund II climbs quickly with $750M target

Altamont Capital Partners has officially begun fundraising for its second buyout fund with a target of $750 million, up $250 million from its inaugural fund which closed in 2011, on strong interest in the firm founded by veterans of Golden Gate Capital and Bain & Co, according to a person familiar with the firm.

2 min read · 29 October 2013

First Reserve's new energy fund ups series target by $1B

First Reserve Corp is shouldering its way into a crowded field for its second-generation energy and infrastructure vehicle with a target of $2.5 billion, $1 billion more than its predecessor, as deal-making and fundraising in the sector continues at a healthy pace.

2 min read · 28 October 2013

Big haircut proposed for Energy Future backers KKR, TPG, Goldman

The haircut could be fairly severe for the backers of history’s largest buyout — pretty much a buzz cut, actually.

2 min read · 15 October 2013

Ex-Blackstone execs draw $1.7 bln for Stonepeak I, with TIAA-CREF support

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, which was spun out of Blackstone Group two years ago, has raised $1.65 billion for its oversubscribed, inaugural middle-market infrastructure fund with support from anchor investor TIAA-CREF.

1 min read · 11 October 2013

Showing 1,651 to 1,660 of 1,682 results