Private Equity
Ecosystem Investment Partners has raised $180m to invest in wetlands restoration, a niche strategy that combines conservation with mid-teen return expectations.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
The industry group found that private equity indices and public pension portfolios consistently outperformed annualised S&P 500 returns in one, five and 10-year time horizons.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Walgreens has agreed to purchase a 45% stake in the drug store chain for $4bn in cash and $2.7bn in Walgreens’ stock.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Former Brazil central bank chief Henrique Meirelles will help the firm expand into Brazil’s rapidly growing private equity market.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Earlier this year, Carlyle formed a joint venture with major Peruvian financial institution Credicorp for investments in the country, and plans to open an office in Lima this year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Since launching its online PPM portal in 2010, CalPERS has received almost 2,000 fund proposals and has funded seven of them – investment vehicles that disclosed paying about $1.8m in placement fees.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The Connecticut-based consumer specialist is in market with its seventh buyout fund, targeting $300m more than its predecessor fund that closed in 2006.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
EQT fought off stiff competition from its heavyweight European peers to acquire wound-dressing company BSN Medical from Montagu Private Equity, which booked a 3x return on the sale.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The macro-economic story in much of Latin America makes it an especially attractive destination for private equity dollars, and institutional investors who have had appetite for Asia should explore the region, writes TorreyCove Capital Partners, led by David Fann.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners combined to contribute C$420m in equity for Canadian data centre Q9 Networks.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
