Private Equity
Investment bank Natixis will acquire French buyout firm AtriA, less than six months after it sold some of its in-house private equity units.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-headquartered buyout firm STAR Capital Partners has acquired a suite of four companies, including a luxury yacht-builder, for €180m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The New York-based global infrastructure fund manager, led by Adebayo Ogunlesi (pictured) has disclosed in SEC filings it has raised just over half of its intended $6bn final target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has added Jeff Epstein, former chief financial officer of Oracle, to advise on existing portfolio companies and investment opportunities in the technology sector.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The private equity firm has denied its investment in the Australian media group is in trouble, but reportedly asked its creditors to respond to a new plan on refinancing by Christmas.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Some of ILPA’s new directors include Brad Woolworth, head of private markets and real assets for the Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement and Richard Hall, senior director of private markets at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm, once known as The Shansby Group, reached out beyond its existing LP base to broaden its geographic exposure, hitting its Fund VI target in only 60 days.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The $66bn pension projects saving $120m in fees over the life of the partnership, in which the system will allocate capital to traditional Blackstone funds and customised accounts with ‘1% and 15%’ term structures.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Carlyle’s buyout of Churchill Financial highlights an opportunity to back mid-market lenders, a segment that can benefit from more private equity players, says Monroe Capital's Ted Koenig.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
Life sciences-focused venture firm EMBL Ventures has held a first close for its second fund on €40m, despite institutional investors’ recent apathy towards venture in general.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
