Private Equity
The SEC has lost two of its top investigators to the private sector, including Robert Kaplan who co-headed the agency’s unit responsible for monitoring private fund managers.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Cerberus acquired Guilford Mills for $107m in 2004, less than two years after the company emerged from bankruptcy.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $28.3bn retirement system gave $50m each to a pair of debut energy and natural resources funds from Apollo Global Management and The Blackstone Group.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
EQT fought off stiff competition from its heavyweight European peers to acquire wound-dressing company BSN Medical from Montagu Private Equity, which booked a 3x return on the sale.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The mid-market firm has sold contact lens business 1- 800 CONTACTS five years after taking the company private for $340m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Former Ontario Teachers’ head of private equity Erol Uzumeri explored the differences between his experiences as an LP and a GP at the Dow Jones conference Friday.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Bregal Sagemount, a $500m vehicle led by Gene Yoon, will take control and non-control investments in growth-oriented companies.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Vincenzo Morelli, partner emeritus at TPG, has been elected as chairman of European trade body EVCA at a pivotal time for the industry in Europe.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The macro-economic story in much of Latin America makes it an especially attractive destination for private equity dollars, and institutional investors who have had appetite for Asia should explore the region, writes TorreyCove Capital Partners, led by David Fann.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity and venture capital-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank has opened a full-service commercial banking operation in London, the first US bank to do so in more than five years.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
