Chelsea Stevenson
Clearview Capital, led by two co-founders including Cal Neider, has closed its oversubscribed Fund III.
The $13.6bn state pension fund has hired the fund of funds manager to run the $75m investment programme.
The 30-year-old private equity firm will buy Keynote for $395m, with shareholders receiving 48% premium over Friday’s closing price.
The global private equity firm closed its second deal in Colombia since it opened its Bogotá office, amid an industry-wide draw to the country’s growing economy.
The global private equity firm has closed its eighth vehicle, coming in well below its original $11.9bn target.
The firm, which raised $591m for its prior secondaries fund, has collected $728.4m for Secondary Fund III.
The $263.9bn pension fund has committed capital to Blackstone's GSO, Silver Lake and Triton so far this quarter.
The retirement system wants to have an investment professional in place to run the programme by the third quarter.
Evercore Partners has closed its largest Mexico-focused private equity fund to date.
Noodles & Company is offering about 5.4m shares on the US stock exchange and plans to sell each share for around $13 to $15.