Private Equity
The Bank of America Merrill Lynch spin-out has hired a general counsel and is preparing to invest $100m to $200m over the next 18 months.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The private equity-focused investment bank has made three promotions in London and Dallas.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
General Atlantic, which invested nearly $2bn across 15 transactions in 2011, has invested in business services company Mu Sigma alongside Sequoia Capital.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has merged its London-based credit arm CVC Cordatus with New York-based Apidos Capital Management. The new entity, CVC Credit Partners, will manage $7.5bn of credit assets in the US and Europe.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Warren Hellman, the co-founder of US buyout firm Hellman & Friedman, has died at the age of 77 after a battle with leukemia.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
New Silk Route, whose co-founder Rajat Gupta has been charged with insider trading, has formed the board to help identify exit opportunities.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity firms across the world clamoured to round off the year on a high, leading to a slew of new investments and exits.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Amadeus has joined forces with the UK's Business Growth Fund and Dutch VC Van den Ende & Deitmers to back Unruly, a UK-based social video company
2 min read · 06 January 2013
DGF Investimentos has joined a growing group of Latin American private equity firms who have gone abroad for support, seeking $200m for its new offering.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
This week, the mid-market industrial specialist exited two investments from its fourth fund, which is generating a net IRR of 28.7% and a 2.36x return multiple.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
