Private Equity
Timothy Mohr and Robert Weiner of BDO Consulting share cautionary tales of misdeeds and alarming facts unearthed just before deal closings.
8 min read · 05 January 2013
The $10.5bn pension, which has not yet made a commitment in 2010, is targeting buyouts, venture capital, distressed and non-US funds for its private equity portfolio.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s backing of financial information services company Markit builds on its background investing in trading platforms like the NYSE Euronext.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
SEC veterans Bruce Karpati and Robert Kaplan will lead the new unit, which the commission is creating to strengthen its expertise on alternatives, including private equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The pan-emerging markets infrastructure fund, which is aiming for a final close in June 2010, recently refocused its investment strategy on the Asia-Pacific region.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Last year, WAMEX Private Equity collected $55m from Mexican pensions for a listed vehicle that will invest alongside a traditional private equity fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Ho Shik Kim will advise the Korea Emerging Infrastructure Fund, which the partnership jointly manages.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Mexican firms IDEAL and ICA together with Spain’s Acciona Agua and a subsidiary of Japanese investor Mitsui & Co. have won a $726m contract to build and operate one of the world’s largest wastewater treatment plants. The plant will be located close to Mexico City.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The fund is the first peso-denominated fund focused solely on infrastructure opportunities in Mexico, according to a source close to the firm. A first close is expected to be reached before the end of the year. Macquarie will seek to raise capital from Mexican institutional as well as international investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firms have placed 6.55bn pesos of equity for a 32% stake in Mexican toll road operator Red de Carreteras de Occidente, through a new investment vehicle designed to encourage institutional investors to provide finance to infrastructure projects.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
