Private Equity
The private equity fund of funds division of financial services giant Standard Life intends to close its latest Europe-focused vehicle on more than €600m in May.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
SunRay Renewable Energy, a Maltese solar power plant developer, is to be bought by Nasdaq-listed SunPower in a deal expected to close in the first half of this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
For reasons of scale, investors in European infrastructure have so far found it difficult to access the undoubtedly attractive renewable energy space. But with small assets being rolled up into big portfolios and utilities shedding sizeable renewable interests from their balance sheets, this appears to be changing. Andy Thomson and Bruno Alves report on the opportunities and challenges of going green.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
Oak Hill acquired the drug store chain in 2004 for $750m and invested an additional $125m for debt repurchasing in 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Timothy Mohr and Robert Weiner of BDO Consulting share cautionary tales of misdeeds and alarming facts unearthed just before deal closings.
8 min read · 05 January 2013
Renewable energy is big these days – and only getting bigger. Infrastructure investors hope to capitalise on the opportunity, but, by their very nature, must approach green investments with great caution, writes Cezary Podkul.
6 min read · 05 January 2013
Documents also reveal Quadrangle paid a fee to UBS for the successful outcome of an LP vote to preserve the investment period on its latest fund after a key-man clause was triggered.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Alberto Vilar was sentenced for fraud that included convincing a client to commit $5m to a nonexistent venture fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $10.5bn pension, which has not yet made a commitment in 2010, is targeting buyouts, venture capital, distressed and non-US funds for its private equity portfolio.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-based firm has held a final close on its latest vehicle, which was originally targeting $6bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
