Private Equity
The Canadian deal environment took a beating in the downturn, but factors are in place that should make 2011 a solid year for Canadian M&A, writes Dale Tingley.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has sold specialty chemical producer SRC and has closed its second fund on $400m, exceeding its $350m target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Texas energy investor has swept past its $2.5bn target, even after losing a $40m commitment from a pension after a disagreement over a placement agent policy.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Sam Masoudi, managing director with the Tulane University Investment Management Office, provides four predictions for 2011.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium of private equity firms has acquired Xe, the controversial private military contractor once known as Blackwater.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Industry insiders are anxiously watching the progress of a number of funds in market – but pointing to any one firm’s fundraising experience as a paradigm of wider trends could be misleading, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Billionaire activist investor Nicolas Berggruen has reportedly won the bidding for the troubled German department store chain, Karstadt. The Goldman Sachs-led investment entity Highstreet, which owns a majority of Kartstadt real estate assets, is said to be unwilling to make concessions requested by Berggruen to save the department store brand.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A study by Switzerland’s Partners Group finds that market conditions for mezzanine financing remain favourable at the outset of 2011 for private equity investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
At the company’s annual general meeting, its chairman told reporters the company was not currently in talks with any private equity firm about the sale of Treasury Wine Estates, but would consider ‘any offers if they are made’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global alternatives giant has replaced Makram Azar as its MENA head with Citigroup veteran Kaveh Samie.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
