Amanda Janis
The firm’s fifth Latin American vehicle takes the title for the region’s largest private equity fund raised to date.
The Chicago-based private equity firm – reportedly close to closing Fund VI – will pay $485m in cash for BWAY, an NYSE-listed plastic container manufacturer.
The mega-LBO model developed in Western private equity markets doesn't necessarily fit emerging markets, according to speakers at PEI's Middle East Forum.
A staggering amount of capital was raised for secondaries last year, but the surge in deal activity many expected didn't follow suit.
The listed firm is expected to again team with Coller Capital to spin out a portfolio, but the potential transaction would see 3i become the manager of the assets in play rather than the seller.
SVG Capital’s upbeat earnings results provided significant evidence that portfolio valuations are rising - and that both investor and fund manager sentiment is improving.
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Wellcome Trust are among the investors now backing Butterfield & Son, Bermuda's first-ever bank.
The private equity firm has done four deals in 2010, with its second mega-deal of the year resulting from an auction that reportedly included TPG and Apollo.
DFJ Esprit’s VC secondaries arm, which is backed by Coller and HarbourVest, has sold a medical device company for $330m.
Landmark Partners offers LPs some liquidity equations to ponder for their asset allocation models.