The Federal Trade Commission moved to block the sale of Fenway Partners–owned American Achievement Corp to a unit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co in a deal that would have reduced the number of major players in the U.S. class ring business to two from three. The companies said they would scrap the deal.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has become something of a white knight for a few private equity managers with aging funds they can’t seem to close.
New York investment bank Carl Marks is seeing more interest among service, construction, manufacturing, textile other entrepreneur-owned companies aiming for deals with sponsors or strategic buyers, Warren Feder, partner and co-founder of the investment banking group at the boutique advisory firm, told Buyouts.
Restructuring for J.W. Childs’s third fund Commitment to support a new Fund IV CPPIB has invested in other such deals The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has become something of a white knight for a few private equity managers with aging funds they can’t seem to close. CPPIB announced April 21 that it led the […]
LP inks new partnership with Tully Friedman’s firm Banc Fund IX draws $100 million commitment Menlo Ventures XII gets $100 million pledge Washington State Investment Board made its first commitment to an FFL buyout fund with a $200 million pledge, part of a trio of private equity investments by the $98 billion pension system. WSIB […]
Washington State Investment Board made its first commitment to an FFL buyout fund with a $200 million pledge, part of a trio of private equity investments by the $98 billion pension system.Â
Institutional Venture Partners and Landmark Partners hold the top positions in the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System’s mid-decade venture portfolio. But funds from Weston Presidio, Technology Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures were the most improved through the middle of last year, according to the most recent SFERS portfolio report. The portfolio, with 21 funds vintage […]
Palladium Equity Partners has held a final close on its fourth private equity fund, beating its original target and cap by collecting $1.14 billion, the firm confirmed.
After the credit card security breach at Target Inc made big headlines last year, Daimon Geopfert, a cybersecurity expert at McGladrey LLP, started getting a lot more phone calls from private equity firms and other clients worried about protecting their intellectual property and other sensitive data.
The Blackstone Group has held a final close on its Tactical Opportunities Fund at $5.6 billion, a sum earmarked for alternative investments across a variety of strategies, including private equity, real estate, credit and energy.
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