Private Equity
Accessing the high yield and US bank finance markets is increasingly attractive for European private equity deals, write Latham & Watkins’ Dominic Newcomb and David Walker.
4 min read · 19 September 2013
The head of the European markets regulator Steven Maijoor believes private equity can play a vital role across the continent.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp is preparing to sell The Warranty Group, a provider of extended warranty contracts, which is expected to fetch more than $1 billion, two people familiar with the matter said this week, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 17 September 2013
Buyout and mezzanine funds based in the United States have raised $100.5 billion in capital commitments from institutional investor year-to-date in 2013. Overall fundraising remains behind last year’s pace, when buyout funds managed to collect $120.2 billion in commitments.
1 min read · 16 September 2013
So far in 2013, M&A exits by U.S.-based private equity sponsors totaled over $34.5 billion, of which the top ten deals accounted for almost $25.5 billion (62 percent).
1 min read · 13 September 2013
A consortium of Ares Management LLC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reached a deal to buy luxury U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus Inc for $6 billion from a group of investors led by private equity firms TPG Capital LP and Warburg Pincus LLC, sister news service Reuters reported.
3 min read · 09 September 2013
For vintages between 1998 and 2008, the best performing fund of funds in the Buyouts returns database was California Asia Investors LP 1, with an IRR of 25.40.
1 min read · 06 September 2013
Fundraising by U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms has risen to approximately $98.9 billion for the year. The largest contributor in the last three weeks was The Carlyle Group, which raised $4.3 billion in capital commitments for its fund Carlyle Partners VI.
1 min read · 02 September 2013
Since 1998, the IRR of the top performing domestic buyout fund for each vintage year tracked by Buyouts has been at least 25 percent.
1 min read · 30 August 2013
Bi-Lo Holdings, the ninth-largest traditional supermarket chain in the United States, is planning an initial public offering later this year and has tapped banks to lead the deal, two sources familiar with the matter told sister news service Reuters.
2 min read · 21 August 2013
