A Baltimore-based investment firm has raised $180 million to invest in wetlands restoration, a niche strategy that combines conservation with mid-teen return expectations.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Girard Miller will be tasked with overseeing the Orange County Employees Retirement System’s $9.6bn portfolio as it implements a new asset allocation mix.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Gerald Cardinale, co-head of Americas private equity, has decided to retire. He is joined by Muneer Satter, who has co-headed Goldman’s global mezzanine business.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The firm has hired managing director Tony Morgan (pictured) from CPPIB to help identify ‘great opportunities in the European market’, according to Onex CEO Gerald Schwartz.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
A consortium led by Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital has achieved financial close on a $3.7bn deal to construct a greenfield refining upgrade public-private partnership project in the Greater Cairo area.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Andrew Bellis, a senior CLO manager at Credit Suisse, has joined 3i Debt Management as a partner in a further sign of the group’s ambitious growth plans.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Northleaf Infrastructure Co-Investment Partners has amassed C$500m in capital. The fund is the debut infrastructure offering from private equity firm Northleaf Capital.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Priorities USA Action, a political action committee backing President Obama, has released a new ad attacking Mitt Romney’s private equity background in an effort to swing ‘battleground’ states.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Global Infrastructure Partners has bought Chesapeake Midstream Partners, a portfolio company GIP co-founded in 2009, for $2bn and entered into an agreement to buy another $2bn plus of Chesapeake assets.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The bank has bought a $100 million portfolio of assets in Paris despite a general approach of ‘caution’ towards Europe.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
