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Firm: Siguler Guff & Co. Fund: Siguler Guff BRIC Opportunities Fund II Target: $1 billion Siguler Guff & Co. is readying a PPM to raise $1 billion by September for a fund of funds targeting the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, with a heavy emphasis on India and China, a person familiar […]
On their first day of fundraising last September, partners of start-up Excellere Partners sat down with executives at five prospective limited partners in Chicago, including funds-of-funds giant Adams Street Partners, whose thumbs-up might well have influenced other investors. All five took a pass. Fortunately, the Denver-based spinout of KRG Capital went two-for-two the next day, […]
Target: Smith & Wollensky Price: $94.6 million Sponsor: Bunker Hill Capital Sometimes a strategic just can’t get it done alone. That may be one of the snapshot lessons from the recent announcement that Smith & Wollensky (Nasdaq: SWRG) has agreed to be taken private for $94.6 million in a deal led by Bunker Hill Capital. […]
Norway’s Algeta make Oslo debut
CMGL sold to Capita for £32m
Secondary buyout of valve maker backed by Bank of Scotland
NanoDimension makes first investment
GSO Capital Partners ends investment in German tool maker
Connecticut’s state pension plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, is looking to diversify its portfolio by backing asset managers that tend to fly under the radars of most large institutional investors, including Connecticut-based firms, women and minority-owned firms, and emerging managers with less than $2 billion in assets. The state plans to back […]
Pension Fund: The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds Program: The Connecticut Horizon Fund Target: $120 million to $150 million Targeted Managers: Connecticut-based firms, minority or women-owned firms, and emerging private equity managers Targeted Asset Classes: Buyout firms, mezzanine funds, special situations firms, venture capital firms Connecticut’s state pension plan, The Connecticut Retirement Plans and […]