PE firms need to protect against data breaches
All companies, including private equity firms, should do a better job of protecting their data, [...]
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Guardian PE head says GP-stake sales are rarely passive
Sales of minority stakes by general partners almost always cause PE firms to lose an element [...]
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Catalyst’s Newton Glassman is Toronto’s invisible PE magnate
Newton Glassman is the loudest, most combative distressed investor in Canada. Short-sellers of his portfolio [...]
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Iowa commits $373 mln through June
Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System in the first half committed a little less than half the [...]
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Dyal chief tries to dispel myths about GP-stake sales
The private equity world has always seen some angry junior partners, and sales of minority [...]
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ILPA releases new guidelines on capital call facilities
The Institutional Limited Partners Association thinks private equity firms should be more up front in [...]
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TA’s auction of BluePay begins: sources
TA Associates’ sale of BluePay Processing has begun, three sources said. Parties are signing nondisclosure [...]
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Weakest Links: PE-backed consumer companies lead the list
The default list of PE-backed companies from Standard & Poor’s’ latest Weakest Links report grew [...]
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Five Questions With Benoit Verbrugghe of Ardian
Benoît Verbrugghe is head of the New York office of Ardian, a fund-of-funds and one of [...]
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Need to Meet: Jeremy Swan, Principal, CohnReznick
Before becoming a consultant, Jeremy Swan spent 10 years in investment banking, first with Bear [...]
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Secondaries move through potentially busiest-ever first half
Earlier this year, Harvard’s $37.6 billion endowment was reported to be seeking to sell up [...]
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Editor’s Letter: Are restructurings going away?
While transaction activity on the secondary market this year has been strong, one area of [...]
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On the move, 6.26.2017 – ILPA loses its CEO
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Cimbria Capital named Jens Ulrick Hansen a managing director. The Houston private equity firm invests [...]
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LP Scorecard: Distressed debt lags other fund strategies for Washington State
By Rich Campanaro Distressed debt can be a lucrative investment strategy, but Washington State Investment [...]
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Chart of the week: Food & Beverage a tasty sector for PE
The overall food and beverage sector is experiencing a major upswing. Sensing profitable opportunities in [...]
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Market at a glance – Vista Equity buys DH Corp for $3.4 bln
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine fundraising slowed over the past two weeks. Since Buyouts last went to press, [...]
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Spectrum Equity gears up for Fund VIII targeting up to $1.2 bln
Spectrum Equity is talking with limited partners about launching its eighth fund with a target [...]
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Before North Korea trip, Otto Warmbier helped run student alternatives fund
Before he became a pawn in the high-stakes confrontation between Pyongyang and Washington, Otto Warmbier [...]
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