Private Equity

North America

Trade sales to dominate Australian exits

Choppy public markets coupled with foreign buyer appetite for Australian assets will help drive M&A activity, according to a recent study.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

HarbourVest promotes four, expands in LatAm

The Boston-headquartered fund of funds manager has promoted Hong Kong-based Sebastiaan van den Berg to managing director and is in the process of opening an office in Colombia.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Capital Dynamics in US solar deal

The Swiss fund-of-funds manager is acquiring Pennsylvania solar energy projects from US developer Tangent Energy Solutions. Capital Dynamics also agreed to fund future projects developed by Tangent.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

AVCAL, Cambridge benchmark Australian fund performance

The first of what will be a quarterly performance index shows private equity performing strongly against listed markets.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

TPG, Oaktree buy unit of British homebuilder

TPG and Oaktree are partnering with former Intrawest founder Joe Houssain to buy the US and Canadian operations of Taylor Wimpey in a $955m deal.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Risks emerging

Investors in emerging markets fear the impact of political instability; they should be more worried about manager selection

4 min read · 05 January 2013

New Jersey paves way for secondaries sales

The US pension may, if the price is right, sell up to $1bn-worth of private equity holdings on the secondaries market.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Angelo Gordon hires healthcare chief

The firm has hired 20-year healthcare veteran Mark Visser as managing director and leader of healthcare activities, a newly created position.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CCMP hires former Gucci CFO

The firm has named former CFO of Gucci Group Robert Singer as an executive director focused on the consumer and retail sectors in Europe.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Energising prospects

Levant Capital’s recent exit of energy-related company APR gave the MENA firm a boost as it prepares for the difficult task of fundraising.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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