The New York middle market firm has partially exited Canadian yarn maker Spinrite in a C$203m flotation, scoring almost six times its initial $19m invested a year ago.
The Philadelphia private equity firm and the merchant banking arm of the investment bank Greenhill & Co. team up for another investment in the financial services industry, investing $40m for a minority stake in the specialty finance company.
The Los Angeles private equity firm, founded by ex-Houlihan Lokey investment bankers, has closed its second fund on $265m, more than double its previous fund of $107m.
Henderson Private Capital has completed its third Asian investment in a month and announced a first close of its PFI Secondary Fund on £136m.
Vincenzo Morelli, a former CD&R executive and latterly a consultant at turnaround specialists Alvarez & Marsal, has joined Texas Pacific Group in London.
The Los Angeles- and Houston-based investment firm has closed its third energy private equity fund on $550m, more than double its previous fund of $240m.
Amidst a flurry of fundraising activity, the Australian investment bank has announced a final close of its new listed private equity vehicle.
Venture capitalists last year raised 170 funds totalling $17.6bn, $3.4bn more than the previous two years combined, while buyout and mezzanine funds attracted $45.8bn in 103 funds.
The US-based global private equity firm has delivered a second major profit to investors from its holding in Bharti Tele-Ventures, the Indian mobile operator.
Darby Overseas Investments has acquired the management company of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Emerging Europe, a $220m vintage year 2000 partnership.