This week, peHUB thought it would be of interest to showcase the position of senior investment officer, private equity at the $49.2 billion Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM).

ConvergEx, which is backed by GTCR and BONY, has put its Eze Castle unit up for sale, sources tell peHUB. A sale could fetch north of $1 bln.

The auction of TransFirst gears up and bids are due Oct. 1. Welsh Carson is the seller. Also, BluePay is on the auction block. Goldman Sachs is an investor.

Getty Images sale leads a slow week for M&A.

In less than three years, GTCR expects to make a little more than 2x its money with Classic Media sale.

M&A during the first half of the year slumps but PE-backed deals deliver a surprise.

The number of IPOs and global mergers stalls in summer slowdown.

AssuredPartners, which is backed by GTCR, has acquired Insurance Systems Inc. and Insurance Systems of West Virginia. Financial terms weren’t announced. PRESS RELEASE AssuredPartners, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Insurance Systems, Inc. and Insurance Systems of West Virginia, Inc., based in Ona, West Virginia. Insurance Systems, Inc. is a full service [...]

Six3 Systems, a provider of intelligence solutions and services to the national security market space, has acquired Ticom Geomatics. Ticom Geomatics is an operator of geolocation and ISR systems and services. McLean, Virginia-headquartered Six3 Systems is backed by Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR. PRESS RELEASE Six3 Systems, Inc. (“Six3 Systems”), a leading provider of Intelligence [...]

GTCR is investing in Zayo, which is buying AboveNet for $2.2 billion.