Private Equity
Maple Leaf Foods Inc has launched an auction for its bakery company Canada Bread, targeting Grupo Bimbo, one of the world’s largest bread makers, as well as private equity, several people familiar with the matter said, sister news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 25 October 2013
Edward Nadel, former director of alternatives at Credit Suisse, has been named senior counsel to the law firm’s investment management group.
1 min read · 23 October 2013
Following the recapitalisation, Permira will have returned nearly half of all invested capital from its €11bn Fund IV.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
Even with LPs still committing to emerging market funds, fundraising for such vehicles is declining, with Asia totals flat, according to PEI’s Research & Analytics division.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The firm will acquire a majority stake in The Ambassador Theatre Group in a deal that values the company at £350 million, according to a source familiar with the matter.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The $25bn pension committed $50m each to funds managed by Asia Alternatives, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, FSN Capital, and GTCR.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
Washington DC-based DuSable Capital Management, founded by former members of US President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, has raised more than $500 million toward a $1bn target, according to SEC documents.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The London-listed firm will acquire a majority stake in US-headquartered JMJ Associates, a management consultant with an enterprise value of $175m.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The firm took roughly six months to raise its Resurgence Fund II, which makes equity and debt investments in the US and European mid-market.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
The Toronto-based firm acquired industrial mineral products company NSC Minerals, Altas’s first investment since being founded last year by former Onex managing director Andrew Sheiner.
2 min read · 23 October 2013
