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Wetherly Capital ties LACERS to Morris scandalThe placement agent, co-founded by AVP executives Vicky Schiff and Peter Borges, paid ‘consulting’ fees to the firm run by Henry Morris. Morris is now under investigation as part of the growing kick-back scandal involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
- LA firm ties LACERS to Morris scandal
Los Angeles placement agent Wetherly Capital paid ‘consulting’ fees to the firm run by Henry Morris, now under investigation as part of a growing kick-back scandal involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund. A director with Wetherly, Vicky Schiff, in 2005 sat on LACERS’ board of commissioners while the pension was considering investing in a Wetherly client.
- Berkshire, Freeman Spogli make N.E.W. investment
Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Freeman Spogli have announced a major investment in TH Lee Putnam Ventures’ call-center portfolio company N.E.W. Customer Service.
- Fire sale at the newsstand
As the media landscape changes and publications, from music magazines to local newspapers, feel the pinch of leaner bottom lines and declining readerships, are they becoming targets for private equity firms? By Aaron Lovell.
- Gryphon recaps coffee co
Gryphon Investors has returned roughly 100 percent of its invested equity in Eight O’ Clock Coffee Company. The San Francisco-based firm acquired the business in November 2003, and in the two successive Novembers since, has taken out a dividend through a recapitalisation.
- Freeman Spogli buys Bright Now
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has inked a deal for dental services company Bright Now Dental, for a reported $340 million.
- AlpInvest, Lexington clinch $1.2 DPL secondary
AlpInvest Partners and Lexington Partners have agreed to acquire the entire private equity portfolio of Ohio-based utility DPL.
- TH Lee, Freeman Spogli invest in warranty co
The two private equity firms have acquired a significant equity interest in NEW Customer Services Companies, a provider of warranty and extended-service contracts.
- Freeman Spogli breathes in $460m cash exit
Shortly after closing its $1 billion Fund V, the Los Angeles-based firm has agreed to sell its medical products company Hudson Respiratory Care to Teleflex.