Equafin, the lead investor in the formation of Flagship Credit Corporation, formerly had ties to New York-based Capital Z.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Fenway Partners has added onto its sporting goods platform, Riddell Bell Holdings, acquiring baseball bat maker Easton Sports in a $400m deal. Teachers’ Private Capital has joined Fenway in the investment.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Before Steven Klinsky's New Mountain Capital makes an investment, it does a “deep dive” into the mass of data surrounding its industry of interest. This strategy mirrors Klinsky's own zeal for intelligence gathering and for making money from growth, not leverage. David Snow profiles one of Wall Street's smartest – and nicest – investors.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Life as a listed private equity firm leaves you exposed to some unwelcome publicity – as 3i discovered when talk of it being a bid target surfaced in February.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Mark Weisdorf, who took a Canadian pension from zero to $5 billion in private equity commitments, sees even bigger opportunities in infrastructure.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Thanks to the surging profits of a nutrition supplement company, one of America's oldest private equity firms is still going strong.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
InterMedia Advisors, the private equity partnership established by long-time media executive Leo Hindery Jr., has held an interim close on its inaugural fund, a $1.5bn targeted vehicle.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The men behind Phillips-Van Heusen and Staples are raising a fund.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Former DLJ head Thompson Dean has notched his first deal for Avista Capital Partners, the DLJ spinout launched by Dean and other CSFB veterans earlier this year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GSC Partners and Tishman Speyer have launched a Chinese real estate joint venture, marking GSC’s first move into real estate.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
