Private Equity
The $14bn oil and gas endowment could start making private equity commitments in the third quarter after suspending its alternatives programme in 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Jon Moulton’s Better Capital is doing what most listed private equity funds can only dream of: trading at a premium.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
3i will use a ‘very conservative funding model’ from now on, said 3i’s Michael Queen, as the firm gears up to start making new investments.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Mark Florian went from advising on blockbuster toll road deals for one of Wall Street’s finest to building out an energy infrastructure team at the world’s oldest energy private equity firm. In his first interview since joining First Reserve from Goldman Sachs last year, he tells Cezary Podkul why he made the transition and what he hopes to accomplish at his new employer.
10 min read · 05 January 2013
DLJ, Gavea, Magna and Highbridge are among the firms picking up a 25% stake in Brazil-based Grupo Santillana de Ediciones, a publisher of educational text books.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm will seed a joint venture that could bring as much as $1.5bn in purchasing power to solar power projects.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has found a ready buyer for a completed development in Lyon in the form of a German core property fund managed by RREEF
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Council of Ministers and the ECON Committee have approved versions of the directive, but crucial differences remain in regards to the ‘third country’ rules. The latter group's version also includes a clause that could block LBOs.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Evergreen will help source deals and co-invest alongside TowerBrook, said the advisory firm’s co-founder Dominick Schiano.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm hired Vincent Daelemans to source and evaluate new investment opportunities in the French and Benelux markets, where the firm sees growing opportunity in the mid-market.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
