Penfund closes fifth mid-market fund above hard cap, raising C$724 mln
Penfund, one of Canada’s oldest private equity firms, wrapped up its fifth mid-market fund, raising [...]
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Oncap sees strong demand for fourth mid-market fund
The fourth middle-market fund from Canada’s Oncap is in high demand and will likely be oversubscribed, according [...]
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Magnuson: Investing with CalPERS, CalSTRS? Prepare to scale
GI Partners Executive Managing Director Rick Magnuson has some advice for general partners who want [...]
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PE pros urge caution, flexible debt structures amid recession fears
A panel of private equity executives looking toward 2017 agreed that a U.S. recession lurks [...]
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KKR-spinout True Wind blows past $400 mln target for debut fund
True Wind Capital, a firm formed by two KKR executives, surpassed the $400 million target [...]
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VC-backed Mozido seeks another round and/or sale: sources
Mozido Inc, the mobile payments company that raised more than $300 million from high-profile investors [...]
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Chart of the week: Which GPs have the most skin in the game?
GPs are required to invest their own money into the funds they manage to qualify [...]
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Chart of the week: How long does it take to make partner?
Buyouts, in partnership with Holt Private Equity Consultants and MM&K Ltd conducted its annual Compensation [...]
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Down-ticket races represent key battlegrounds for PE voters
While the presidential race between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump [...]
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Sales leaders at portfolio companies critical in low-growth environment: panel
While the chief executive position is the more critical position to fill at portfolio companies, [...]
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Auerbach: ‘nervous’ in high-priced, strong-fundraising environment
Andrea Auerbach is nervous — and when someone who leads a team that takes more [...]
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Ex-Carlyle exec Sarkozy may seek up to $1.5 bln for debut fund
Olivier Sarkozy, the financial-services-focused executive who stepped down at Carlyle Group earlier this year, is [...]
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AlpInvest’s Hacker: GPs push back on management fee offsets
A hot private equity fundraising market of about $300 billon expected this year has tilted [...]
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Platinum sees strong demand as it nears target for Fund IV
Platinum Equity is set to close on around $4.2 billion as it heads for the [...]
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Market at a glance – Summer is over but fundraising stays hot
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising continues to spike, having piled up $12.6 billion in the [...]
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On the move, 9.26.2016 – Carlyle bolsters senior team
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Adams Street Partners beefed up its private-credit team with four new additions. Joining [...]
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Back to School: LPs sift through record number of funds in market
A record 2,798 private-capital funds are in fundraising mode, making it harder to select places [...]
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Talking Deal Prices: Cyclicality shapes prices as pros mull economic strength
Along with price and growth prospects, the cyclicality of businesses is factoring heavily into deal-making [...]
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