Private Equity
The Latin American nation is seeing a positive impact from US rating agency Standard & Poor's officially changing its status to investment grade.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Carlyle-backed education investor Apollo Global has agreed to delist BBP – a UK- and Europe-based provider of education services for lawyers, accountants and the financial services sector, which is reporting increasing revenues despite the economic downturn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The pension, with assets of $16bn as of 30 June 2008, made more than $300m of commitments in the past month, including to a debt fund from Mesa West Capital. The Mesa West fund, which is reportedly targeting up to $500m, is expected to close in the coming months, sources say.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The venture capital arm of the semiconductor giant has acquired a stake in UQ Communications.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
As some US public pensions move to ban the use of placement agents, Mike Travaglini, the executive director of the $38bn Massachusetts PRIM, told PEO that these agents play a vital role in helping his small staff identify private equity opportunities.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Goldman, Credit Suisse, UBS and Merrill Lynch are reportedly among the firms from which the US financial regulatory agency has requested information about work done in exchange for fees.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The transaction is the recently-launched Challenger Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund’s second deal and its first bolt-on to a platform company. Managing director hopes to replicate the Chilean strategy in Asian countries as the fund moves ahead with a $1.2bn fundraising effort.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Upstream Systems has attracted backing from London's TLcom Capital and Greek investor Alpha Ventures as it seeks to take advantage of rapid growth in the mobile marketing industry.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Chinese private equity investors have reportedly acquired a 20% stake in Chery Automobile for $293m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US attorney in New Mexico is demanding documents from New Mexico’s $11.8bn State Investment Council relating to investment activity and specifically in connection to Aldus Equity, the embattled financial advisor caught up in pension pay-to-play scandal rocking the private equity world.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
