Private Equity
At a time when the global brewing industry was undergoing rapid consolidation and internationalization, KPS Capital Partners LP collected a series of neglected and cast off beer brands, fashioning them into the No. 3 U.S. brewer.
4 min read · 22 April 2013
2 min read · 22 April 2013
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms added nearly $5 billion to their coffers in the last fortnight, bringing their year-to-date fundraising total to $31.1 billion. The tally is slightly ahead of 2012’s pace, when firms had raised $29.6 billion by mid-April.
1 min read · 22 April 2013
With the banking crisis receding in the market’s rear-view mirror, Castle Creek Capital LLC is angling for ways to play the endgame of a federal program set up to protect the banking industry.
3 min read · 15 April 2013
A former marketing executive has sued Cerberus Capital Management LP, accusing the New York mega-firm of retaliating against her and wrongfully firing her after she complained that marketing documents misrepresented a residential mortgage fund that she was selling. Cerberus called the allegations in the suit “without basis in law or fact.”
3 min read · 10 April 2013
2 min read · 08 April 2013
Lone Star Investment Advisors has put a stake in the ground toward its eighth distressed-assets fund, posting a first close on the pool of just more than $1 billion, regulatory filings showed.
1 min read · 01 April 2013
As history’s largest buyout target drifts toward what seems to be an inevitable bankruptcy, the latest complaint against the beleaguered company’s directors could have the effect of inhibiting the filing.
2 min read · 29 March 2013
2 min read · 25 March 2013
Fortified with a new, larger fund, mezzanine investor Ironwood Capital Ltd is taking on new turf as well.
2 min read · 19 March 2013
