SeaWorld, ex-CEO Atchison settle with SEC over non-disclosure of `Blackfish’ impact
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc and former CEO James Atchison agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle [...]
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PA pension board approves PE commitments despite governor’s request
Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System appeared to defy the governor’s wishes for the state’s two [...]
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San Diego City pension lifts three-year PE pacing target
San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System plans to commit $550 million to private equity over the [...]
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Providence-backed Blackboard puts Cashnet on the block
Blackboard Inc, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, has put Cashnet up for sale, [...]
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K1 scoops up healthcare-communications company PerfectServe
K1 Investment Management quietly purchased healthcare-communications company PerfectServe this year, Buyouts has learned. While the transaction [...]
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Washington State commits $375 mln to private equity
Washington State Investment Board’s private-markets committee recommended allocating $375 million to two PE funds, a [...]
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Chart of the Week: Summer months in 2018 hit five-year high in disclosed deal volume
Though fundraising dragged, 2018 proved a beneficial summer for worldwide LBO deals backed by U.S. [...]
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Chart of the Week: Will autumn deals see an equally strong performance?
Last year saw autumn’s highest disclosed deal volume of worldwide LBOs backed by U.S. sponsors, [...]
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WindRose-backed myNEXUS taps adviser for sale
MyNEXUS, which works with payers to help coordinate and rein in the costs of home [...]
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LA Fire and Police lowers benchmark for PE performance
Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions adopted an investment policy that lowers its benchmark for private [...]
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H.I.G.’s Onyx CenterSource again goes on the block
H.I.G. Capital has put Onyx CenterSource, the Dallas provider of payment-processing and recovery services for hotels [...]
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Leonard Green talks to LPs about next flagship, debut small-cap fund
Leonard Green & Partners is gearing up to raise its next flagship fund, which could target [...]
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Thompson Street’s strategy won’t drift with $1.15 bln Fund V
The biggest obstacle for Jim Cooper, who founded Thompson Street Capital Partners in 2000, isn’t [...]
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Goldman Sachs emerges as lead buyer on innovative NEA secondary deal
Goldman Sachs has emerged as the lead buyer in an innovative secondary deal, being run [...]
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PA SERS commits $175 mln to private equity
Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System at its Sept. 12 meeting approved $175 million in three [...]
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Varsity Healthcare Partners recaps newly created Emergency Care Partners
Varsity Healthcare Partners is making a push into emergency medicine by creating a new platform [...]
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L Catterton’s PatientPoint hires advisers for sale process
PatientPoint, the fast-growing provider of point-of-care healthcare advertising and educational content, is gearing up for [...]
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SF pension adds $126 mln to PE; private-markets exec leaves
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System in August and September made $126 million in private equity [...]
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