Steve Gelsi
Palo Alto, California firm nearly done deploying HGGC II Middle-market buyout firm may launch fundraise in the fall HGGC’s Fund II closed on $1.33 bln in 2015 After a slew of deal-making, HGGC is pre-marketing its third buyout fund with a target of $1.5 billion, as its predecessor fund approaches full deployment, sources said. The […]
Trio worked on Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund Align seeks targets with less than $10 mln EBITDA Riverside Co plans to name new exec to RCAF team Three longtime Riverside Co buyout executives teamed up to form Align Capital Partners with a fundraising target of $250 million to $300 million for their debut pool, according to sources. Lower-middle-market-deal […]
Beneficient Co setting up auction for two Paul Capital funds Seven Paul Capital staffers joining Beneficient Beneficient moves into high-net-worth secondary market A growing secondary-market specialist is working with Paul Capital, a secondaries and fund-of-funds firm that has been winding down, to liquidate the firm’s eighth and ninth secondary funds. Beneficient Co, a liquidity provider in the secondary […]
Aethon, Ontario Teachers in first joint investment Dallas firm also backed by RedBird Capital Partners Aethon United made up of J-W Energy units, nearby assets Aethon Energy Management teamed up with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan for the first time for a new stand-alone platform investment outside the firm’s fund structure. The Dallas firm hasn’t […]
Firm: Livingbridge Fund: Livingbridge 6 Target: $830 mln Amount Raised: $598 mln The lower-middle-market GP Livingbridge saw recent success on the fundraising trail with nearly $600 million for its latest buyout pool, after a run of sultry summertime deal-making. The London shop disclosed $598 million and a target of $830 million for Livingbridge 6 LP, a […]
Aerospace and metal coating company acquired in 2007 Sequa’s adjusted debt-to-EBITDA multiple above 10x Debt maturities loom in 2017; Moody’s cuts rating Sequa Corp, purchased by Carlyle Group in 2007, faces an unsustainable capital structure with $1.7 billion of debt due next year, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, aerospace and […]
Firm: Pine Street Capital Fund: Pine Street Capital Partners III LP Target: $50 mln Amount raised: $20.25 mln Pine Street Capital Partners plans to raise as much as $50 million for its latest fund aimed at subordinated-debt and minority-equity investments in lower-middle-market companies. The Albany, New York, firm disclosed $20 million in commitments from 19 limited partners […]
Firm reaches letter of intent on first Fund III deal Charlotte, NC, firm makes last investment out of Fund II Falfurrias Capital bought 55 percent of Green Distribution Falfurrias Capital Partners soon will begin deploying its third buyout fund while also staying in fundraising mode for the pool, an executive at the firm said. Ed McMahan, partner […]
Markets recover after Brexit, but volatility remains Sluggish growth shades deal-making PE firms eye deals in Europe Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Oaktree Capital expect the unpredictability and volatility of recent quarters to continue as they contend with sluggish economic growth worldwide. The surprise Brexit vote loomed large at the end of the […]
The credit markets saw a rocky start to 2016 and big moves immediately after Brexit. Any observations? We’ve been negative on credit for a while now. Oil and gas are a big problem as well as metals and mining. That will not go away. When these capital structures were constructed two or three years ago, they […]