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JW Childs in C$640m going private dealThe Boston firm joins Borealis Capital and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System in the purchase of MAAX, North America’s third largest maker of bathroom fixtures.
- Goldman Sachs sells Amscan for $540m
Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Weston Presidio will purchase the party goods maker from the global investment bank’s buyout arm.
- Carlyle freezes talks to create Russia fund
The Carlyle Group and Russian industrial giant Alfa have shelved talks to launch a joint venture Russian fund following the arrest of two of Carlyle’s advisors in Russia last week.
- Carlyle appoints new European venture chief
Former Apax partner David FitzGerald has joined the US firm as managing director and co-head of its European venture team alongside Wolfgang Hanrieder.
- LPFA commits £125m to funds of funds
The London Pension Funds Authority has selected HarbourVest, Pantheon and LGT to manage a £125m allocation to Europe and the US.
- What happened to Whitney?
One of America's oldest private investment institutions, Whitney grew from a venerable boutique into a globe-spanning franchise with ambitions to become the Goldman Sachs of alternative assets. But in the middle of 2000, Whitney began an excruciating contraction under the guise of “back-to-basics”. The firm's dramatic ups and downs can be attributed to unfortunate market timing, but also to its charismatic and aggressive chairman and CEO, Peter Castleman. David Snow investigates
- US university asks court to think again about disclosure ruling
The University of California has asked a state court to reconsider a recent ruling forcing the university to release the financial performance results of its investments in venture capital funds.
- Warburg Pincus to invest in Russia
The US private equity firm has revealed plans to begin investing in Russia to take advantage of the country’s rapidly expanding economy.
- Double money on Materis exit
Carlyle Group, CVC Capital Partners and Advent International have more than doubled their investment in the French building materials business, selling it to LBO France for E1.1bn.