Brad Meikle
Private equity-fueled mergers and acquisitions activity in Brazil may surpass last year’s 13.6 billion reais ($4.3 billion) in deals as political and economic uncertainty eases, executives at industry group ABVCAP said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Paint maker Axalta Coating Systems Ltd said Berkshire Hathaway Inc would buy an 8.7 percent stake in the company from controlling shareholder Carlyle Group for $560 million, Reuters reported.
Andrew Bowden, head of the compliance and examinations office at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of the month, Reuters reported, citing an SEC announcement Tuesday.
Enterprise software company Informatica Corp has received offers from two private equity consortia and is negotiating a sale that could value it at between $5 billion and $6 billion, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Here’s a quick guide to our coverage of Q1 2015 deals, exits and fundraising.
How mid-market buyout firms are contending with historically high prices has turned into one of the year’s biggest themes. Recently I caught up with Steve Burns, a senior partner at Charlottesville, Va.-based mid-market shop Quad-C, to find out how firm is coping.
Private equity-owned online car rental company CarTrawler and ports services company HES Beheer are both considering raising additional leveraged loans to finance potential acquisitions, banking sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Indian private equity fund India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) said it expected to conclude fundraising in the next 90 days for an up $700 million sector-agnostic fund that would focus on mid-sized companies, Reuters reported.
TPG Capital was sued on Thursday by its former head of public affairs, who accused the private equity giant of ignoring his warnings that the firm may have violated securities regulations and defrauded investors out of millions of dollars as a result, Reuters reported.
Cerberus Capital Management LP is seeking more than $3 billion for its latest flagship private equity fund to invest in distressed assets such as non-performing loans and ailing companies that need to be restructured, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.