Private Equity
US private equity activity next year should match the level seen in 2012, with energy and technology deals poised for continued interest from GPs, according to Ernst & Young's Jeffrey Bunder.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A commitment to Incline Equity Partners III on Wednesday brought Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System to its annual limit on commitments to alternative investment funds.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Just before First Round’s American contingent abruptly disappeared for a two-day holiday that’s like Christmas but isn’t, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth about the demise of Hostess Brands, owner of the Twinkie, the HoHo, the Ding Dong, the Honey Bun and some other foodstuffs that sound made-up but apparently aren’t.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Asian GPs tend to hold firm on fee terms and carry more often than their counterparts in the US and Europe, but LPs are asking more questions than before, delegates heard at the PE Asia CFO & COO Conference in Hong Kong.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has sold healthcare services business Accentus, which quadrupled revenues and EBITDA under High Road’s ownership.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Bryan Martin, who joined New Jersey last year to head up real estate and real assets and helped design the system’s innovative separate accounts business, has joined an insurance agency in Nebraska.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Canadian firm has purchased aviation technology company SkyTrac from its founder - a formula it plans to replicate, says managing director Elmer Kim.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm - currently on the road with Fund III - has completed its third full exit of 2012, selling Anthony International for $603m.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Swiss have forged a path for local GPs to meet AIFM rules that other non-EU countries may soon follow.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The SEC has charged Chicago-based investment advisor Joseph Hennessy with raising money for a struggling private equity fund to pay off existing clients.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
