Market at a glance – KKR makes a pair of $4 bln deals
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising slowed over the past two weeks. Since Buyouts last went to press, [...]
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On the move, 5.29.2017 – former KKR director launches Moonlake Capital
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Bridge Growth Partners named Randy L. Cowen to its technology advisory board. Cowen is a [...]
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Talking Top Quartile with Mark Dorman of Endeavour Capital
You’ve been with Endeavour for nearly 20 of its 26 years. What’s the firm’s mission [...]
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Five Questions with Hartley Rogers of Hamilton Lane
Hartley Rogers is chairman and a member of the investment committee at Hamilton Lane. Why did [...]
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Editor’s Letter: Weighing risk in an increasingly insular world
At an international private equity conference in Washington in May, speakers sounded the alarm about [...]
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Need to Meet: Brandon Labrum, Founder and CEO, Fund Lab
“Fund Lab is really born out of my personal experience in the private equity space,” [...]
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Texas County & District backs CVC for $67 mln
Texas County & District Retirement System committed 60 million euros ($67 million) to CVC Capital [...]
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Varsity’s ESP sale affirms PE’s appetite for ophthalmology
The high premium commanded in the latest vision-care deal underscores private equity’s continued interest in [...]
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Private Eye: Michigan Prosperity Fund not a single blind pool, Blackford says
Executives at Blackford Capital like to talk up their Michigan Prosperity Fund, which they have described as [...]
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FTC clears Lion Capital to invest in Lenny & Larry’s
Lenny & Larry’s LLC apparently has a new owner: Lion Capital is investing in the maker of [...]
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Aurora exceeds hard cap in $1.2 bln final close
Aurora Capital Group raised the largest fund in its history, closing Aurora Equity Partners V [...]
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Fund managers lament potential shuttering of OPIC
At the IFC/EMPEA Global Private Equity conference in May, participants lamented the possibility that Overseas [...]
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Health Evolution Partners-backed CenseoHealth returns to the market
Health Evolution Partners, the healthcare fund run by a former George W. Bush administration official, [...]
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Blackstone names Sean Klimczak head of $40 bln infrastructure fund
Blackstone Group named Sean Klimczak head of its $40 billion infrastructure fund, a spokesman for the firm [...]
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Onex Partners gets $2 bln from parent for flagship fund
Onex Corp will commit $2 billion to Onex Partners’ flagship buyout fund, which is targeting $6.5 billion, [...]
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Gatewood raises fund to help launch new GPs
Finding the next generation of superstar managers is an important effort in private equity these [...]
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Auction for Summit Partners-backed Ability Network busts
The JP Morgan Securities-run process for Summit Partners’ Ability Network fizzled after bids failed to [...]
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Medical Property Trust enables $2 bln merger between Cerberus’s Steward, TPG’s IASIS
TPG Capital has finally maneuvered a deal to cash out of its longtime investment in [...]
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