Private Equity
The firm has a history of large healthcare-related investments, including last week’s $3bn take-private of medical payment manager Emdeon, representing the firm’s fourth largest deal since 2007.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The French firm has made another successful exit, selling satellite group Vizada to EADS for a fourfold return after rolling up two of its previous acquisitions in the sector.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
LPs more than ever are asking GPs to officially sanction 'private meetings' without managers where investors feel more comfortable speaking openly.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has made 15 investments in asset management firms in more than 22 years. Its investment in French-based DNCA Finance represents its most recent foray into European financial services.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm, led by a former Goldman executive, is offering a European-style waterfall and 100% deal fee offset for its fourth fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity interest in the shipping and port logistics sector is on the rise, with more than $2bn of recent deals suggesting firms are increasingly drawn to infrastructure-related assets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Shorter-term venture performance showed significant improvement in Q1 2011, with modest increases in the three-, five- and 10-year periods, says NVCA president Mark Heesen.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based infrastructure private equity firm has agreed to invest in Caiman Energy from its fourth fund, which is targeting $3.5bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In addition to the appointment of former Goldman Sachs banker Alan Chen (pictured) as head of China, the firm also named former Alix Partners director Christian Paul as portfolio director.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has secured the backing of nine banks to help fund the €1.2bn project – ‘the first German wind farm to be fully financed by private investors’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
