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Graham Partners collects $9m for annex fundThe firm, which operates in the lower mid-market, is raising a $10m annex fund to support remaining investments in its vintage 1999 fund.
- Florida SBA commits $300m to Levine Leichtman, Providence
The board, which manages the state’s $113bn pension, also is considering investments in Oaktree and Bayview.
- KPS tops up Fund III with $800m
The ‘supplemental’ fund was raised to make fresh investments for the firm’s $1.2bn Fund III.
- Firms use ‘annex’, ‘supplemental’ funds to bolster investments
Delegates at PEI Media’s Strategic Financial Management Conference Wednesday outlined the various ways private equity firms are generating additional capital outside their funds to make new investments or re-invest in oftentimes struggling portfolios.
- KPS seeks additional $800m for $1.2bn Fund III
The special situations investment firm is approaching Fund III's existing LPs to increase its capital base for new investments.
- Clarion beats KPS for Lenox acquisition
Clarion Capital Partners has emerged as the winning bidder for fine china maker Lenox, after the reopening of the process by a bankruptcy court allowed the private investment firm to trump an earlier winning bid by KPS Capital Partners.
- KPS brews up beer platform
The New York-based turnaround firm has made three acquisitions as part of the platform, including the purchase of Labatt USA for an undisclosed amount.
- KPS buys Lenox assets out of bankruptcy
The New York-based distressed investment firm was the ‘highest qualified bidder’ for assets of the iconic US china company. KPS agreed in January to buy assets from fellow bankrupt china and crystal maker Waterford Wedgwood.
- US auto bailout to aid buyout firms
Many private equity firms have exposure to the US auto sector that was teetering on the edge of collapse. The US government's multi-billion efforts to prop up the big three US auto makers will accordingly affect many portfolios, not just Cerberus'.
- KPS agrees to buy bankrupt Waterford assets
The New York-based firm, which specialises in distressed investments, has signed a preliminary agreement to buy certain assets from Waterford Wedgwood. The china and crystal maker was put into administration earlier this week after succumbing to its heavy debt load.