Canadian pension plan OMERS is among co-investors in the European venture, which will be led by Tim Flynn, Goldman Sachs’ former European head of leveraged finance.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Vestar Capital has sold Birds Eye seven years after leading a $175m recap of the frozen food company. It marks Blackstone's fourth US private equity deal this year.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The US pension is the latest to join the government’s programme meant to jumpstart the credit markets, which CalPERS has said it will not join.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Middle East investment firm will acquire a 20% interest in Gulf Cryo to help accelerate the company’s growth.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The $126bn pension has created a new allocation to house its investments in the US Public Private Investment Programme.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The British DFI has committed $5m to local manager Manocap.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
An early version of the Senate’s financial reform legislation exempts private equity from registration as an investment adviser – a carve-out which could save firms hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Sentinel Capital Funding will provide financing for US developers. Oaktree has partnered with Integral Communities principals Eugene Rosenfeld and Craig Manchester.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
A side-by-side comparison of the House and Senate draft legislation for the regulation of US private investment funds, by Nathan Greene and Jesse Kanach of law firm Shearman & Sterling.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Catherine Lewis La Torre, co-founder of fund of funds Proventure, will help Fondinvest to invest two recently closed funds.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
