Private Equity
The energy-focused firm has made its eighth investment from Fund V, which has raised more than $5bn toward a $6bn target.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Despite a rash of negative ads regarding his time at Bain, Mitt Romney referred with pride to his record at the private equity firm while accepting the Republican nomination for US president.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Franklin Templeton-subsidiary made its investment in Grupo Financiero Improsathrough its 2001 ProBanco I Fund, a $27m vehicle.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Private equity firms should be aware of unlicensed brokers when seeking investment opportunities.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The mid-market firm has sold software company Paradigm for $1bn, completing its fourth exit from its 2000 vintage fund that has two remaining investments.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Richard Ong-led private equity firm will do a first close this month on its $4bn Asia vehicle just two months after launching the fund. Temasek, an LP, made the largest investment ever into a single fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Rule changes in Germany will make distressed investing in the county more attractive as the country moves away from its long-time practice of favouring liquidations to restructurings, writes Thomas Schürrle (pictured), Natasha Labovitz and Peter Wand.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has chosen Marc Keirstead as chief financial officer of its private equity department.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
A focus on new product development helped propel American Industrial Partners' investment in Brooks Instrument to the overall winner in North America.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Bespoke secondaries can help GPs realise value, and provide investors with either liquidity or exposure to future upside, writes Vision Capital’s Dave Lamb.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
