J.C. Flowers to recoup some of Amerilife investment
J.C. Flowers is getting back some of its investment in AmeriLife after a nearly four-year hold. [...]
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Texas ERS boosts 2019 pacing plan after big PE commitments
Texas Employees’ Retirement System bumped its private equity pacing target to $1.45 billion for 2019 [...]
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Silver Lake raises over $2 bln for debut credit/structured equity fund
Silver Lake collected around $2.5 billion for its first-ever credit and structured equity fund, which [...]
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Partners Group joins TA Associates, HGGC on Idera
Partners Group acquired a minority stake in Idera, a business-to-business software company backed by TA [...]
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LPs lower expectations for PE, fret about deal flow
A majority of PE investors expect returns in the asset class to decline in coming [...]
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Genstar expected to sell Mercer Advisors soon
Wealth management has emerged as one of the hottest sectors in private equity, and the [...]
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Five Questions With Aberdeen’s Whit Matthews on spinouts and independent sponsors
Whit Matthews is a senior investment director at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He spoke with Buyouts [...]
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Newly launched Grant Avenue, led by former Apax investor, looks to expand team
Buddy Gumina launched Grant Avenue Capital, a healthcare-focused PE firm, nearly two years after departing from [...]
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Vista’s sale of Omnitracs in second round
The sale of Omnitracs, which is backed by Vista Equity Partners, has hit the second [...]
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MOD Super Fast Pizza, with CD&R investment, targets good deeds and good food
Staying true to its positive-social-impact strategy doesn’t come cheap for MOD Super Fast Pizza Holdings, [...]
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Broken-deal and other fees: How PE, families work with independent sponsors
When family offices and private equity firms work with independent sponsors, one question that arises [...]
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Regal Healthcare’s Fund II sets sights on $125 mln
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners is targeting $125 million for its sophomore fund after deploying its [...]
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Amid Altas’ MyEyeDr auction, FFL to consider options for EyeCare Partners in months ahead
As the auction for the largest sponsor-backed optometry platform in the country, MyEyeDr, moves forward, [...]
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Avantor marks home run investment for New Mountain amid $3.8 bln public debut
New Mountain Capital’s investment in Avantor has so far produced a gross multiple of invested capital [...]
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Five Questions with Makena Capital’s Brian Rodde on first-time funds
Makena Capital is a perpetual-capital manager that commits about $600 million a year to PE. [...]
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Carlyle’s Rubenstein touts EM investment, explains launch of FO
David Rubenstein, co-executive chairman of Carlyle Group, said the time is right for investors to [...]
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Abraaj investor considers tougher termination terms in future funds
CDC Group, the U.K.’s development finance institution, will take a much harder line on GP-removal-type [...]
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Five Questions with Stanford’s Ashby Monk on fee transparency
Stanford University Prof. Ashby Monk advises pensions on innovative approaches to PE. He spoke with Buyouts about the [...]
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