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Bausch Pays Out $772M Dividend to Sponsors Including Warburg PincusWarburg Pincus may be having problems selling Bausch & Lomb, but that hasn't stopped the global PE firm from getting some of its investment back.
LP Scorecard: The Best In NY Police's 2006 CropNew York City Police Pension Fund had a bumper year of commitments in 2006 investing in some 25 private equity vehicles (not including secondary funds)—its largest vintage year of commitments by number. Here we include the top ten buyouts funds it committed to that year (excluding secondary vehicles) and compare the results to the median, top and bottom quartile multiples and IRRs for the entire New York City Police Pension Fund portfolio, as of June 30, 2012.
- LP Scorecard: CPPIB's Best and Worst Largest Buyout Fund Performers
Advent International takes the first and fourth spots of the $165.8 billion Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board’s top ten largest private equity fund managers performance rankings by multiple as of September 30, 2012.
- Ability Network to Merge with Ivans
Bain Capital Ventures' portfolio company, ABILITY® Network has entered into an agreement to merge with Stamford, CT-based IVANS, a provider of secure insurance data communication services. Ability has also entered into an agreement to sell the property and casualty business of IVANS to Applied Systems, a provider of insurance software. ABILITY and Applied Systems are portfolio companies of Bain Capital Ventures and Bain Capital, respectively.
- LP Scorecard: Top U.S. Funds In CPP Investment Board Portfolio
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V takes the prize as the top-performing U.S.-based buyout fund within the $170.1 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board private equity portfolio. Figures are as of June 30, 2012.
- WCAS' USAP Acquires GHA Assets
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, an anesthesia-focused physician services organization backed by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has successfully closed the previously announced transaction with Greater Houston Anesthesiology. As part of the transaction USAP also completed its acquisition of the assets of GHA that provide practice management and business support services.
- BluePay Pulls Auction in Favor of Dividend Recap
We finally have some news on the BluePay auction. The payment processor is no longer up for sale and is pursuing a dividend recap.
- Welsh Carson adds to operating team
The firm has added a former McKinsey & Company associate principal to its resources group, which oversees operational improvements to the firm’s portfolio companies.
- New Jersey considers big secondaries offering
The state’s $70bn pension is considering selling a big chunk of its private equity portfolio to pare down relationships and potentially 'kick-start' the programme that has been mostly inactive for two years.