Target: Wilton Re Holding Ltd Price: $1.8 bln Sponsor: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) Sellers: Stone Point Capital, Kelso & Co, Vestar Capital Partners, FFL The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to buy U.S. life insurance and reinsurance provider Wilton Re Holdings Ltd for $1.8 billion from a group of private equity firms, the first foray by […]
The Kansas Public Employees’ Retirement System has committed up to $50 million to Freeman Spogli & Co LLC’s new buyout fund, FS Equity Partners VII, now in the market three years after the close of its predecessor.
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Buyouts Deal of the Year awards!
Sun Capital Partners is no stranger to restaurant turnarounds, having dug into such companies as Friendly’s and Boston Market. And its experience showed with the rapid revitalization of a sagging seafood chain called Captain D’s Seafood Restaurant.Â
Being patient for the right assets to come along, and knowing how to fully exploit them: These two qualities went a long way toward Oak Hill Capital Partners winning its Large Market Deal of the Year award for the creation, ownership and sale of Local TV Holdings LLC.
The summer of 2007 stood out as a time of frothy acquisitions for buyout firms. But among all the mega-deals being done, the sale that year of mid-sized retailer Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc to a U.S.-based fund of ACON Investments LLC didn’t attract much attention.
Ordinarily you have to be a limited partner to serve on the advisory board of New Enterprise Associates. But Tom Judge continued on even after he left AT&T Investment Management Corp, where he managed the private equity portfolio from 1980 to 1995.
GenNx360 Capital Partners is approaching the end of fundraising for its second vehicle, which will likely hold a final close at the end of March, according to a person with knowledge of the firm.
Howard Morgan and William Pruellage, co-presidents of Castle Harlan, spoke to Buyouts at the firm’s New York headquarters.
Big gains from New Enterprise Associates, Meritech Capital Partners, OrbiMed Advisors and Column Group are driving the performance of CalPERS’ Sacramento Private Equity Partners venture portfolio. Funds from the four partnerships are among the portfolio’s top five performing venture funds. Each advanced nicely in the nine months ended in June, according to a recent portfolio […]
If you do not receive this within five minutes, please try and sign in again. If the problem persists, please
email: