The global buyout firm has closed a distressed credit vehicle on more than double its target, while it raises more than $9.6bn for five other funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The buyout firm looks set to lead the latest private equity rescue of a beleaguered financial giant.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In line with one of its sector focuses, the firm is opening a Californian office so its its telecoms, media and technology executives have a base in the heart of the US technology centre.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The global mid-market buyout firm attracted interest nearly double its planned €5bn target, but it scaled back the fund giving existing limited partners priority.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The infrastructure-focussed private equity firm has invested R400 million in a clean energy service company, its third such investment in the last six months.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In the wake of Yucaipa-owned Aloha Airlines’ bankruptcy, yet another private equity-owned commercial airline has crashed.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The global bank has cut half the members of its 27-strong team. Deal fees from private equity have collapsed on the back of the credit crunch, as banks have pulled back from larger buyout deals.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Industry figures have come out in defence both of financial engineering and the range and diversity of the asset class saying it does not depend on leverage for returns.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm has paid only a seven times profit multiple to acquire an engineering company dependent on the oil and gas sector.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco-based Kimpton Group has closed its latest real estate fund saying its luxury brand will help secure its expansion over the next three years.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
