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LP Radar: Detroit’s private equity problemDetroit is the largest city in the US to file for protection under Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code, and so there are still a lot of unanswered questions – not least around its obligations to keep up with capital calls from GPs
- Castle Harlan president Wender resigns
Justin Wender has resigned for undisclosed reasons from the mid-market firm 'effective immediately' after 17 years.
- Castle Harlan sells tool maker for $542m
The New York-based firm has sold lawn and garden tool manufacturer Ames True Temper for roughly $160m more than its purchase price in 2004.
- Kaye Scholer poaches DLA’s PE chief
Law firm Kaye Scholer has hired Andrew Harris to lead the expansion of its London practice.
- Private equity mid-market to see impact if CIT falls
The US mid-market lender, with more than $60bn of assets, has served as an important source of debt for private equity firms that operate in the mid-market.
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- Marfin invests $555m in two deals
Greece’s Marfin Investment Group, which raised a jumbo €5.2 billion listed private equity fund last year, has acquired US-based Nonni’s Food Company and taken a controlling equity interest in Croatian tourism and leisure group Sunce Koncern.
- Arsenal opens Shanghai office
Arsenal Capital Partners is the latest private equity shop to open an Asian office. It is the firm’s first office abroad.
- PE shines among Wisconsin’s lackluster returns
Private equity returns for the Wisconsin Retirement System dipped slightly from 25.5 percent in 2006 to 24.8 percent in 2007, but outperformed every other asset class in the pension fund’s portfolio.