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First Reserve deal spree continues with copper buyoutFirst Reserve Corporation, a specialist energy sector-focused buyout firm, has continued its dealmaking spree with the €670m acquisition of a European mining company.
- HCA raises $3.79bn in largest-ever PE-backed IPO
KKR- and Bain-backed hospital operator HCA's successful IPO has 'signalled' to the market that private equity-backed healthcare companies could be positioned to thrive under healthcare reform in the US.
- Enough already: mega-fund bashing misses the point
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.
- BlackRock launches clean energy team
The world’s largest asset manager is partnering with NTR, a Dublin-based renewable energy developer, to launch an invesetment group that will target the renewable power sector.
- First Reserve in $3bn exit to GE
Dresser, which makes products like engines and fueling products, split from Halliburton in a 2001 buyout led by First Reserve. GE will integrate the business into GE Energy.
- Kinder Morgan commences $2.3bn IPO
The offering is poised to become the largest-ever private equity-backed initial offering in the US market for a group of funds managed by Goldman Sachs, Highstar, The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings.
- Carlyle launches energy mezz fund
The Carlyle Group is setting its investment focus on mezzanine opportunities in the energy sector with the launch of a new fund.
- Kinder Morgan files $1.5bn IPO
Goldman Sachs, Carlyle Group, Highstar Capital and Riverstone Holdings took the pipeline and storage terminal operator private in a $22bn deal.
- Former NY comptroller pleads guilty
Alan Hevesi pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge for his involvement in the New York State Common Retirement Fund pay-to-play scandal. Hevesi is the seventh individual to plead guilty in attorney general Andrew Cuomo’s ongoing pension fund investigation.
- Falconhead taps former Sun Capital exec
The New York-based firm has hired Richard Hurwitz to serve as a principal on its investor relations team.