Private Equity

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3i opens in Brazil

The UK-listed firm has hired Marcelo Di Lorenzo from Standard Bank Private Equity to head 3i's four-person team in Sao Paulo.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Goldman builds private placement team

The investment bank has been trying to recruit professionals for a team that would raise private equity funds, a business Goldman says it has been in ‘for a number of years’ and is ‘interested in growing’.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Numbers game

Kirk Dizon, co-head of private equity at Hall Capital Partners, talks about the tough decisions facing an advisor with roughly 1500 funds to choose from.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

KKR finds mezzanine deals with other managers

KKR’s mezzanine group, led by Fred Goltz, has been partnering with other private equity firms on mezzanine deals, but may put more focus into finding non-sponsored transactions this year.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

SEC considers extending registration deadline

The deadline for most private equity firms to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has been set for 21 July this year, but may be extended to the first quarter of 2012, according to a letter from the government agency.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Don’t be a JAFOF

Increasingly, ‘just another fund of funds’ may become an endangered species, as fundraising statistics forewarn, writes David Snow.

4 min read · 05 January 2013

Park Square closes Fund II on €850m

The firm, led by managing partner Robin Doumar, received commitments from pensions, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds in Europe, Asia and North America.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Ropes & Gray expands China practice

The law firm named Marcia Ellis as a partner, its fourth Hong Kong-based hire in the past year.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Altus exits bridge parts maker for $96m

The mid-market firm had expected US stimulus dollars would boost its investment in D.S. Brown but saw 'very little benefit' from the stimulus. Still, revenues rose 35% over its investment period.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Sun senior managing director sets up in London

Michael Kalb, senior managing director at US buyout firm Sun Capital Partners, has moved to London to head up the firm’s European arm.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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