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MidOcean to aquire Italian restaurant chain SbarroThe management team of the quick-service Italian food chain, led by restaurant industry veteran Peter Beaudrault, will remain in place following the transaction as the firm undertakes a global expansion of the Sbarro’s franchise.
- Standard & Poor’s warns of infrastructure bubble
The ratings agency says infrastructure is overvalued, blaming private equity interest in the sector and cheap financing.
- Avista buys publisher from MidOcean
In a $200m deal, the Credit Suisse spin-out has agreed to acquire 50 percent of Thompson Publishing Group, the other half of which it obtained from Credit Suisse in July.
- Investcorp lists in London
The Bahrain investment group raised $420m in London and boosted its profile with investors, while retaining its domestic quote.
- Wicks approaches target for Fund IV
The media-focused firm has collected roughly 70% of its $560m target for its fourth fund, which will invest in information, education and media companies in the lower mid-market.
- Senior Credit Suisse CLO manager joins 3i
Andrew Bellis, a senior CLO manager at Credit Suisse, has joined 3i Debt Management as a partner in a further sign of the group’s ambitious growth plans.
- TNI’s head of PE departs
Yahya Jalil, a managing director and head of private equity at Middle Eastern investment management and advisory group The National Investor, has left the firm to pursue other opportunities.
- CalPERS vets 2,000 online fund proposals
Since launching its online PPM portal in 2010, CalPERS has received almost 2,000 fund proposals and has funded seven of them – investment vehicles that disclosed paying about $1.8m in placement fees.
- Harvest nears $1.1bn hard-cap for Fund VI
The mid-market firm has made two investments from its sixth fund, which has collected about $1.03bn.
- CalSTRS adds $250m to emerging managers programme
The $153.7bn retirement system has re-upped $250m with its new and next generation private equity programme, which is managed by Invesco Private Capital.