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Blackstone bites into first NZ dealThe global firm has agreed to buy Burger King’s New Zealand operator from Anchorage Capital Partners.
- Tenaya in post-Lehman fundraise
Tenaya Capital spun out of Lehman Brothers in 2009 with the help of HarbourVest Partners. The firm is targeting $300m for its first fund after the spin-out.
- Pantheon, HarbourVest profit from £700m industrial deal
The two investor groups' decision to back an unusual deal set up by a Scotland-based industrial group in 2008 has already paid dividends.
- HarbourVest closes in on Absolute after activists capitulate
HarbourVest Partners is poised to grow its AUM with the $806m acquisition of listed Swiss peer Absolute Private Equity.
- Orchid Asia closes Fund V on $650m
Orchid Asia V attracted around 60 investors for a final close on hard-cap target of $650m just one year after its official launch in July 2010.
- Hot secondaries market a legal minefield for GPs
A wave of incoming regulations is helping fuel activity in the secondaries market, which for some GPs means big compliance headaches.
- PSERS commits $720m to PE and RE
The $51bn pension plan has approved commitments of up to $220m to three private equity funds and up to $500m to two real estate funds.
- Enter the activists
Trouble is brewing in the listed private equity sector as a Paris-based investment company tries to shake up the way a listed fund of funds is managed – and has vowed to do the same with other vehicles.
- Listed groups seek consolidation
Acquisitions by Eurazeo and HarbourVest are signs of long-awaited consolidation. Eurazeo's deal gives it access to the SME market, according to Virginie Morgon.
- BofA to spin off $5bn Merrill PE group
BAML Capital Partners, which has been overseen by James Forbes, will become an independent firm and eventually raise third-party capital. Forbes will stay with BofA.