Private Equity
Cinven Partners LLP expects to make 5x its investment with the $3.5 billion sale of Amdipharm Mercury Ltd to Concorida Healthcare, Buyouts has learned.
2 min read · 08 September 2015
Central and Eastern Europe received €1.3 billion in private equity and venture capital investments in 2014.
2 min read · 04 September 2015
Providence Equity Partners is breaking even on its investment in SRA International in the near term. Down the road, a stake in SRA, which is merging with CSC’s government unit, is expected to lead to further profitability.
2 min read · 04 September 2015
ILPA’s Fee Transparency Initiative is to be lauded, but without the weight of a regulator will GPs bend to LPs’ requests?
3 min read · 04 September 2015
The New Mexico Educational Retirement Board led the way in median IRR in our latest analysis of the Buyouts returns database, including buyout, venture capital and related funds, with most returns current as of year-end 2014. New Mexico’s 15.29 percent median IRR is more than 3 percentage points above the next investor on this list, Indiana Public Retirement System. In third place, with an 11.86 percent median IRR, is Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management. All told Buyouts keeps tabs on the performance of 35 limited partners.
1 min read · 03 September 2015
GPs will soon be outpriced for blockbuster deals in Africa, but plenty of opportunity remains further down the market, predicts Africa valuations specialist Rory Ord.
3 min read · 31 August 2015
One thing I love about a newsroom is the spontaneous debates that spring up among reporters and editors. It’s part of the energy of a place where everyone’s job is to ferret out the most relevant facts and have a keen nose for BS.
3 min read · 31 August 2015
Some US private equity firms are reverting to an acquisition vehicle last seen before the financial crisis: the special purpose acquisition company. With sudden stock market uncertainty, will it last?
3 min read · 28 August 2015
KKR is the latest alternative assets group to tweak its parental policy. But firms need to do more if they are to recruit and retain female talent
3 min read · 21 August 2015
The new private equity fund from Visium Asset Management LP has scored a $275 million first close, according to SEC filings.
1 min read · 20 August 2015
