Private Equity
Conventional wisdom holds that turnover at private equity firms is a red flag for investors – but should it be?
4 min read · 17 January 2013
The Zurich-based investment bank said today that it is looking to sell one of its largest private equity fund investing groups, citing its illiquidity and lack of synergy with the rest of the firm.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Summit Partners is less than $33m away from a $350m target on its credit fund, which launched last year.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The mid-market firm has collected C$372m for its third fund targeting its domestic Canadian market, which research suggests is the second most attractive region for private equity.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Seventy one individuals from firms including KKR and TPG have donated more than $8.2m to an independent committee dedicated to helping Mitt Romney win the US presidential election.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
The Boston-based energy investor is targeting $350m for investments in oil and gas exploration and production companies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Advent International and Oaktree Capital Management are two of the firms that drummed up commitments from the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Russia’s depreciating infrastructure and shrinking government budgets are driving the demand for private money to fund infrastructure projects, with private equity well-positioned to capitalise on the opportunity, write MRIF director Pavel Nazarov (pictured) and Squire Sanders partner Christopher Rose.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Michigan-based lower mid-market firm has sold chemistry and toxicology testing company Labstat six years after acquiring the company.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Former Credit Suisse Asset Management executive Mark Bourgeois will replace Atlantic-Pacific Capital’s founder, James Manley, as CEO. Manley (pictured) will remain chairman.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
