Private Equity
The C$55bn pension’s direct investing arm has hired director Isabelle Pagnotta from Arcapita. OMERS PE has completed three investments in Europe since opening its London office in 2009.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Peer Steinbrueck, who will reportedly challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel next year, laid out a platform of financial reforms, including restrictions on banks’ relationships with private equity.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Blackstone's credit arm GSO Capital Partners has launched a new strategic credit fund that will invest in loans and fixed income instruments, primarily in the US.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Advent International is trying to complete its third healthcare deal of the year in the sector that has proven attractive to firms as an area of stability in the sluggish economy.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Following a restructuring in the wake of co-founder Nigel Doughty's death earlier this year, one of Doughty Hanson's private equity co-heads has decided to leave the firm.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The recent proliferation of debt funds can be attributed to the well-documented retreat by traditional lenders. But the compelling risk/return profiles on offer are also playing a large part – and attracting a number of private equity firms.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm is moving four investment professionals to its growing London location, which it says will be its ‘primary European investment management hub’.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $84bn retirement system announced commitments to funds managed by Silver Lake Partners, Triton Partners and Roark Capital Partners in addition to investments in infrastructure and real estate vehicles.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Carlyle’s $500m MENA-focused growth capital and buyout vehicle will acquire a 30% stake in family owned Penti.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
A deal to acquire a German maker of plastic processing machinery will be the first European-based investment from the firms’ $4.7bn third fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
