Sam Sutton

Riverside Partners has closed its fifth fund on $561m to target investments in healthcare and technology companies.

The fund’s advisory board includes several US foreign policy heavyweights, including General Wesley Clarke and terror-expert Richard Clarke.

President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign has released an advertisement highlighting Mitt Romney's and Bain Capital’s investment in GST Steel.

The firm’s sixth emerging markets fund will not focus on one particular region and will instead opt for a global approach.

The Blackstone Group’s ‘tactical opportunities’ business is targeting $3bn to $5bn, which will be raised through the formation of separate, customised accounts with limited partners.

Mexico increased its overall score compared to 2011, as improvements to its capital markets structure have strengthened the exit environment for small and medium sized companies.

The $24.7bn pension system will issue separate requests-for-proposals for an alternatives consultant and a real estate consultant, with plans to award new contracts by the end of the year.

The Carlyle Group has hired former Goldman Sachs analyst Daniel Harris to handle communicating the firm’s financial information to public shareholders and analysts.

The $5.8bn retirement system was attracted by the firm’s strong performance on its previous fund and limited use of leverage.

The Brazilian investment bank is busting out of Latin America with plans to raise $1bn for an Africa-focused fund.