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High Road reaps 3.1x return on second exitThe firm has sold healthcare services business Accentus, which quadrupled revenues and EBITDA under High Road’s ownership.
- Court ruling to rouse US healthcare market
The US Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare reform should help drive activity in the sector, according to industry sources including Bain Capital managing director Chris Gordon.
- First Round: School ties
Global mid-market investor The Riverside Company is known for having a rather quirky culture, which is centered on ‘collective wisdom’; for instance, weekly gatherings of the investment committee are referred to internally as ‘Meetings of Minds' (or ‘MOMs’ if you’re into the whole TLA thing).
- Riverside's Hendrickson wins PEM award
Pam Hendrickson receives sister title PE Manager's Leadership Award for her work as an industry advocate in Washington DC and for her crucial contributions to Riverside as its chief operating officer.
- VSS sets modest target for next flagship fund
The mid-market media and communications specialist will launch its fifth fund in the first half of 2012 and target $750m to $1bn.
- Illinois politicians to ‘examine’ private equity
Private equity, along with other alternative asset classes, will be under the microscope in Illinois, where politicians have formed a committee to determine if the pension systems are taking on too much risk.
- Getting the facts out
Illinois' politicians have reacted to private equity-related press coverage with a decision to examine the investment risk being taken by the state's pension programmes. It's a reminder that partisan attacks on private equity are likely to lead to more than one committee meeting.
- Riverside bulks up Dallas team with hire
Former senior principal at American Capital Michael Michienzi has joined The Riverside Company as a senior operating partner, based in Dallas.
- Bain bets big on healthcare
Weeks after announcing Japan’s largest buyout in two years, the private equity giant is dropping $487m on medical response technology provider Physio-Control.
- TA deal buys into changing US healthcare system
Senior Whole Health consolidates Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits into a single coverage plan, an advantage as the US healthcare market adapts to reforms signed into law last year.