Corporations have led the way in addressing environmental, social and governance issues, but the private equity community is catching up, often driven by their investors such as public pension plans, said Lauren Koopman, a director in the sustainable business solutions team at the global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. “The work we do is to help […]
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms added nearly $5 billion to their coffers in the last fortnight, bringing their year-to-date fundraising total to $31.1 billion. The tally is slightly ahead of 2012’s pace, when firms had raised $29.6 billion by mid-April.
In a little-known Canadian town lies a tobacco laboratory doing some important work you probably never heard of. And that’s just fine with Huron Capital Partners, a Detroit-based private equity firm that seeks out small to mid-market family and entrepreneur-owned companies that are eager to take their business to the next level.
Kenn Lee has left advisory shop TorreyCove Capital Partners after nearly six years to join Cheyenne Capital, a firm looking to parlay its success building and harvesting a private-equity portfolio for the state of Wyoming into a larger business.
Under Oak Hill Capital Partners ownership, ExlService Holdings evolved into a Nasdaq-listed provider of global delivery centers in the insurance, health care, utilities, banking, financial services, transportation, logistics and travel sectors.
Bregal Capital’s sale of Mirror Controls International (MCI) shows that investing in the rear view mirror isn’t always a bad idea, provided the investment is in a global manufacturer of rearview mirror glass motors and mirror powerfold motors for the automotive industry.
It’s easy to forget that consolidations are fragile things, easily dashed to bits by culture clashes, IT incompatibilities and political infighting. Pamlico Capital found the right formula for folding companies into transportation technology provider TMW Systems. And it led to a spectacular jump in equity value.
1)     Tell us about Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Basically we’re a mutual insurance company that sells life insurance and annuities and because we focus on a particular affinity group we are a tax-free entity. There are 100 other fraternal benefit societies like ours, but we’re by far the largest in the category by a big […]
Upping its ante in the Far East, The Carlyle Group LP plans to raise $3.5 billion for its fourth Asia fund after ringing up promising returns on two of its three earlier funds, Buyouts has learned.
American Securities has scored some early successes in distressed debt investing, pointing the way for other mid-market shops looking for a diversification move that can attract significant institutional money.
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