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The shadow of the SEC is looming over the private equity secondary market. SEC officials have been vocal about their scrutiny of zombie funds and the restructuring process. Agency officials have said at past conferences they plan to watch this area closely to make sure limited partners are being treated fairly. In restructurings, new investors buy assets […]
family investors, family offices, lending, loans
Exec Andrew Bucolo takes aim at increasingly active group Middle-market lender noticed hiring by family investment groups Madison Capital has closed two lending deals with high net worth families Madison Capital Funding, the middle-market lending unit of New York Life, has closed at least two deals with family investment groups as it works to attract […]
Aurora Capital Group
Aurora Capital Group has collected around $650 million for its fifth flagship fund, which is targeting $800 million, according to a person with knowledge of the firm. Fund V has a hard cap of $1 billion, the person said. Founded in 1991 by Gerald Parsky, assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury during the Ford administration, the […]
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Firm: Columbia Capital Fund: Columbia Spectrum Partners I LP Amount raised: $247 mln Columbia Capital, a venture capital firm focused on communications, media and technology, has raised $247 million for a private equity fund, Columbia Spectrum Partners I, according to filings. James Fleming and John Siegel, who are listed as executives for Columbia Spectrum Partners, […]
David Bonderman, TPG Capital, private equity, healthcare
Invests in deals that are “not a fit” for main special situations funds Includes separate accounts with New Jersey, Pennsylvania Schools Oregon, Wisconsin among TSSP Adjacent Opportunities LPs TPG has raised about $6 billion for its family of TSSP Adjacent Opportunities funds, which the firm markets as sidecar vehicles to its special situations funds, according to a source […]
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Firm holds $22 bln in dry powder May increase size of Fund Xb PE firms in general have ample capital for credit investments Oaktree Capital Group exceeded its $10 billion target for its flagship distressed debt funds. Now it’s waiting for just the right time to deploy the capital. Howard Marks, co-chairman, said the firm sees some […]
Gamut, fundraising
Gamut held a first close on $485 mln Fund I launched in late August Firm recently hired MD from Harvest Partners Gamut Capital Management held a first close on $485 million for its debut fund, according to a person with knowledge of the firm. That means Gamut Capital Management I is more than 60 percent […]
  Thoma Bravo Discover Fund closes at $1.074 bln Discover to invest up to $150 mln equity per deal Thoma Bravo seeking $7 bln for Fund XII Thoma Bravo’s first lower middle market fund, which closed Tuesday on its $1.074 billion hard cap, has the same strategy as the firm’s flagship pools. Just on a smaller […]
Carlyle, Rubenstein
Carlyle, Apollo join KKR in setting stock buybacks Execs tout bargain prices of shares Wall Street worried economic income may fall Leon Black, Henry Kravis, David Rubenstein and Stephen Schwarzman may be Wall Street titans, but that hasn’t stopped investors from dumping publicly traded stock in their firms. In fact, Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and […]
Apollo Global Management, private equity, Nasdaq, Marketwired, journalism, public relations, merger, M&A
Apollo Credit Opportunity Fund III generates a -18 pct return Firm lowers return target to 6 to 8 pct net Collapse in oil prices dragged down performance Apollo Global Management’s latest credit opportunities fund appears to have gone big into energy ahead of a precipitous drop in oil prices last year. Apollo was investing in […]
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