Matt Levin
The Washington DC-based firm has added to its public sector portfolio with a majority stake in a unit of the consulting giant.
On a conference call, president Tony James touted his firm’s deal flexibility but said prices are ‘still way too high’ in the middle market.
The VantagePoint-backed solar energy company has raised fresh capital from a bevy of new investors, just two months after landing the largest-ever US government solar contracts.
The $58bn Virginia Retirement System continues its alternatives push with an investment in the $10bn buyout fund.
US investment bank Greenhill & Co. has hired Christopher Kirsten and four other Lehman agents to launch a fund placement division.
The alternative asset manager’s blank cheque vehicle, formed last June, has purchased power plant operator Complete Energy Holdings, a TCW portfolio company.
The duo will sell three jointly-owned US power plants just a year after their purchase, in addition to a fourth facility owned solely by Tenaska.
The private equity firm will retain a majority stake in Noranda Aluminum, a Tennessee-based aluminum manufacturer.
The multi-strategy asset manager has tapped Deutsche Bank veteran Robert Goodman to head its growing alternative assets unit.
The California pension has also reported commitments to Advent, Audax and Huntsman Gay.