The Santa Monica-based venture group has partnered with three principals to launch its debut fund, focused on the US emerging domestic market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
By steering clear of the crowds, focusing on young portfolios and targeting fast-growth markets, Partners Group is demonstrating it has its own take on the private equity secondaries market.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
KPS Special Situations and Pegasus Partners have already recouped 1.5x their investment in Genesis Worldwide thanks to a unit sale to Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
New York-based Solera Capital has bolstered its Homegrown Naturals organic food platform with the purchase of Annie’s Naturals, a maker of salad dressings and condiments.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
A slump in consumer spending could test the staying power of private equity owners of retail companies in Europe. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Thomas H. Lee Partners has filed a lawsuit against the former Refco management. The complaint could help shift the public’s perception of the firm from Refco insider to a victim of the futures broker’s deceit.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Silver Lake Partners agreed to take Serena Software private for roughly $1.2 billion, in what has been a busy week for public-to-private transactions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The European private equity firm has reported realisations of £1.04 billion in the first six months of its financial year, almost double the £603 million realised in the same period of 2004.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Michael Pilson of DuPont Capital Management talks to Robert Venes about the role of turnaround, restructuring and distressed funds in his firm’s private equity investment portfolio.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Homegrown firms operating in the European LBO market account for the bulk of fees paid to investment banks so far this year, according to figures from Thomson Financial and Freeman & Co.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
