Private Equity
Jeffrey Goldstein has rejoined Hellman & Friedman as a managing director after leaving in 2009 to work for the US treasury. Goldstein will focus on financial services and LP liaison duties.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The New Jersey Division of Investments has sold stakes in GTCR, TPG and Madison Dearborn V-A, which sold at a discount.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The latest group to spin out of HSBC will focus on private equity, mezzanine and real estate investments in the US and Latin America.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The mid-market firm has agreed to sell Wound Care Holdings, which it formed in 2006 alongside The Edgewater Funds and JZ Capital Partners.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Financial advisory firm DC Advisory Partners has hired BofA managing director Joel Hope-Bell for its business services team only a year after he began at the bank, according to a source close to the firm. Hope-Bell will be the firm’s sixth hire this year as it predicts a busy 2012.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Bahrain-based buyout firm Investcorp has appointed Scott Freidheim as chief executive of its European arm, two months after naming a US head.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The $12.3bn retirement system has re-upped $50m to Platinum Equity’s third fund, which is targeting $3.75bn.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Sycamore Partners, formed by two former Golden Gate Capital executives earlier this year, has made a bid for clothing retailer Talbots as it nears a final close for its maiden fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The fate of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing’s latest global opportunity fund lies in an investor vote to extend its investment period scheduled to happen this month.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The technology sector accounted for one-third of the region’s private equity and venture capital deals in the first half of 2011, but local firms are getting scooped by the US and Europe, according to delegates at an industry conference Wednesday.
2 min read · 06 January 2013