Private Equity

North America

How a tragedy in PE can help others come out of the darkness

Christian Saucedo, the brother of Eric Saucedo, a partner at Tricap Partners who died on Jan. 5, got in touch with me recently and asked that I include in my story the fact that his brother committed suicide.

2 min read · 26 January 2018

OMERS Infrastructure recruits Blackstone’s Michael Ryder

OMERS Infrastructure recruited Blackstone Group’s Michael Ryder as a senior managing director and head of its Americas team, a person familiar with the matter told PE Hub Canada. Ryder joins OMERS Infrastructure, an investment arm of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, after more than three years as a Blackstone senior managing director. He led the midstream energy and oilfield-services strategy of Blackstone Energy Partners. Before then, Ryder was for seven years a managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Equity. OMERS Infrastructure invests in large-scale infrastructure businesses in energy, social infrastructure and transportation, primarily in North America, Europe and Australia. Ryder will oversee the Americas infrastructure operation from OMERS' New York office.

2 min read · 25 January 2018

Bain’s Patrick: 'It’s better to start small and nail the model'

Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who leads Bain Capital’s impact fund, was speaking at PEI’s CFOs and COOs Forum 2018 in New York.

2 min read · 25 January 2018

ESG: how the regions compare

Asia saw the greatest improvement with 57% of LGT Capital Partners managers now having excellent or good integration of ESG.

1 min read · 24 January 2018

HarbourVest more than doubles co-invest appetite – exclusive

The investment firm is seeking $2.5bn for HarbourVest Partners Co-investment V, exceeding the $1bn it targeted for Fund IV, Private Equity International has learned.

2 min read · 23 January 2018

Our 'mentor': Bill Bain’s legacy

The Tennessee-native and Bain Capital founder is remembered by the private equity industry for his influence and inspiration.

2 min read · 22 January 2018

Alaska seeks buyers for $1bn PE portfolio

The $62.4bn sovereign wealth fund has previously sold on the secondaries market.

1 min read · 22 January 2018

Crestline seeks $500m for late-stage PE fund financing

The credit investment firm maintains the strategy has a growing market opportunity.

2 min read · 18 January 2018

Whitehorse targets Q1 close on second preferred equity fund

The Toronto-based firm is targeting $750m for Whitehorse Liquidity Partners II with a $1bn hard-cap, sister publication Secondaries Investor has learned.

1 min read · 17 January 2018

Decoding the CalPERS request for information

After rumours the US’s largest public pension fund was planning to outsource its private equity business, CalPERS has launched a search for potential partners. Here’s what we know so far.

3 min read · 11 January 2018

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