Private Equity
UK-headquartered buyout firm STAR Capital Partners has acquired a suite of four companies, including a luxury yacht-builder, for €180m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The New York-based global infrastructure fund manager, led by Adebayo Ogunlesi (pictured) has disclosed in SEC filings it has raised just over half of its intended $6bn final target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $66bn pension projects saving $120m in fees over the life of the partnership, in which the system will allocate capital to traditional Blackstone funds and customised accounts with ‘1% and 15%’ term structures.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Life sciences-focused venture firm EMBL Ventures has held a first close for its second fund on €40m, despite institutional investors’ recent apathy towards venture in general.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $26bn retirement system also made a pair of commitments, totaling around $80m, to Leonard Green’s sixth fund and BC Partners’ ninth European capital fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The New Jersey Division of Investments has sold stakes in GTCR, TPG and Madison Dearborn V-A, which sold at a discount.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
European mid-market buyout house Bridgepoint has won the race to acquire online cycling retailer Wiggle, paying Isis Equity Partners £180m to acquire the UK-based company.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Financial advisory firm DC Advisory Partners has hired BofA managing director Joel Hope-Bell for its business services team only a year after he began at the bank, according to a source close to the firm. Hope-Bell will be the firm’s sixth hire this year as it predicts a busy 2012.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Wouter Mak started in Park Hill Group’s London office this month. Mak spent almost three years in Credit Suisse’s London office focusing on the Benelux countries and the UK.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The specialist energy-focused firm has teamed up with Spain’s Renovalia Energy to target wind projects across Europe and North America.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
