The ILPA is aiming to ensure the long-term viability of private equity as an institutional investment strategy
Deals marked by significantly lower transaction size
Tighter regulation expected
Challenging environment forcing funds to be more aggressive in divesting non-performing portfolio companies
White hired as managing director
Kensington Global Private Equity Fund has invested $500,000 in Bedford Capital IVC, L.P., Kensington Capital Partners Ltd. said Wednesday.Bedford Capital, located in Toronto, focuses on building leading companies in partnership with outstanding management teams.Kensington Global Private Equity Fund offers individual investors a diversified portfolio of private equity investments, including hard-to-access private equity funds and direct […]
Industry is suffering from a lack of leverage
Former Quebec health minister joins the fund
Private equity firm Blackstone Group announced that it is establishing a new business group to focus on investments in the cleantech energy sector.The new group, which will also provide advice on renewable energy strategies across Blackstone’s asset base, is being led by James Kiggen, who has joined the firm’s corporate private equity group as a […]
Private equity-owned businesses around the world excelled in 2007 and beat public company benchmarks for the third consecutive year, Ernst & Young said today in a new study.In the study, Ernst & Young reports that the enterprise value (EV) growth of private equity-owned businesses fared better than that of public companies, despite tightening credit conditions. […]