Private Equity
The Silicon Valley firm increased the hard-cap on its eighth fund after racing toward its target by the first close earlier this year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Permira is close to sealing its latest investment in the US, having tabled a binding $1.5bn offer for software company Genesys.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The lower mid-market firm has sold Power Distribution for $235m after more than quadrupling the company's revenues in less than five years, says managing partner Jeff Drazan.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Connecticut-based energy investor has formed a gas gathering joint venture with Energy Corporation of America in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The former CEOs of RBS Americas and Golden Telecom have launched a telecommunications- and financial services-focused vehicle targeting €500m in commitments.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Boston-based energy investor is scheduled to hold an initial close later this month, and is on track to end fundraising on its sixth investment vehicle in the first quarter.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to interview officials from the $15bn Kentucky Retirement Systems as part of an inquiry into the use of placement agents.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has appointed former Nycomed CEO Håkan Björklund to assist the firm with portfolio companies’ expansion into global markets.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Against a backdrop of sovereign debt fears, the private equity industry gathered in London on Thursday for the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s annual summit at the Landmark Hotel.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Regulators will unveil details of a much-anticipated rule that bans most proprietary trading by banks and is expected to fuel the secondary market.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
