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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Editor’s Letter: Don’t throw away informal fundraising communications, please
In light of the many infractions the SEC has discovered while scrutinizing the private equity [...]
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Five Questions with Jack Rader, managing director, ACA Compliance Group
What does ACA do and how do you interact with the PE community? Our primary [...]
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Need to Meet: Hopkinson and Schwartzman, partners, Cooley LLP
One of Ron Hopkinson’s first clients was Carlyle Group, working on its 1992 acquisition of LTV [...]
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GPs buttress PPMs, LPAs with co-investment disclosure
Private equity firms continue to strengthen disclosure to limited partners about co-investment programs as the SEC maintains its [...]
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PE lobbyists take `rifle shot’ approach in effort to cut regulations
Private equity’s lobbying arm scored an important victory earlier this month when the U.S. House [...]
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Apollo-backed Claire’s Stores cuts debt but falls into selective default
Claire’s Stores Inc, the specialty retailer backed by Apollo Global Management, managed to lower its [...]
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GTCR exec’s role grows in healthcare vertical after promotion
Eleven-year GTCR veteran Benjamin Daverman said he’s playing a greater role at the Chicago firm [...]
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Private Eye: Riverside broadens credit biz with software fund, senior lending efforts
Riverside Co continued to diversify its business with the closing of a $50 million fund earmarked to provide [...]
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In rare move, Michigan picks up $25 mln Warburg stake on secondary market
State of Michigan Retirement Systems made what appears to be its first significant move as [...]
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Auction of Genstar-backed Ministry Brands starts: sources
The auction of Ministry Brands LLC, the software provider backed by Genstar Capital and Providence [...]
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Former Performance Equity executive Farooqi joins Stanwich
Danyal Farooqi, former director of business development with Performance Equity Management, joined placement agency Stanwich [...]
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Riverside micro-cap fund grows to $650 mln, ahead of target
Riverside Co closed its fourth microcap fund at its hard cap of $650 million, 30 [...]
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SEC drops senior adviser fee issue in final settlement with First Reserve
First Reserve agreed to a settlement with the SEC over issues of fees and expenses [...]
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Mike Nugent leaves Bison, provider of IR, benchmarking platform
Mike Nugent, a co-founder and chief executive of Bison, a five-year-old company that provides an online [...]
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