Private equity portfolio companies are largely weathering the storm caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research from risk management firm Willis Towers Watson shows.
Platinum Equity has acquired the digital film distribution business of Deluxe Entertainment in partnership with the company’s former CEO Cyril Drabinsky. Deluxe was founded in 1915 as a film processing lab within Fox Film Corporation.
Watco Companies, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital, has agreed to acquire the short line rail assets and related equipment of six North American manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical. Watco is a provider of transportation
San Diego-headquartered HCAP Partners has promoted Bhairvee Shavdia to principal. Ms. Shavdia joined HCAP Partners in 2015 and has been active in building and implementing the firm’s impact investing methodology that supports the creation of
Hg has taken a majority stake in F24, a company that delivers critical communications on emergency notification, crisis and incident management.
Infrastructure investment demand has skyrocketed in response to the Covid-19 crisis as investors look to defend their returns amid a volatile market, new research suggests.
Triton-backed Eqos Energie has acquired the operating and office equipment of Austria-based electrical engineering company AML Elektrotechnik in an asset deal, following AML's insolvency filing in April 2020.
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: More realism, longer holding periods and an advantage for investors with a long-term focus - these are the main changes that investment managers in the German private equity market expect as
KIK Custom Products, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners, has agreed to sell its KIK Personal Care (KPC) business to Voyant Beauty, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners. Centerbridge acquired KIK in August 2015
European private equity investor Priveq has hit a SEK2.5bn ($270m) final close for its sixth flagship fund, raised entirely during the worst of the coronavirus crisis.
In a survey conducted by Finance Magazine on behalf of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, 60% of German private equity investment managers said that less than one quarter of their portfolio companies had been severely impaired by
More realism, longer holding periods and an advantage for investors with long-term focus are all structural changes expected to impact the private equity industry in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a new survey suggests.
In response to the disruption and forced show closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has filed for protection from creditors in Canada – under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement
Asset managers have been given a massive vote of confidence from insurers, with the vast majority confident their investment managers can navigate the current financial crisis caused by COVID-19, new research reveals.
Genesis Capital managing partner Ondřej Vičar talks to Alessia Argentieri about the launch of the firm's latest fund, as well as portfolio management and investment strategy during the coronavirus crisis
Southfield Capital is back in the market for its third flagship fundraise three years after closing its sophomore fund, and confirming its recovery from its torrid time in the wake of the 2008 global financial
Royalton-backed Romanian insurer Certasig has entered bankruptcy, following a request by the country’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF).
The coronavirus crisis has pushed the world-famous Cirque du Soleil into bankruptcy protection, with the private equity-backed business set to slash 3,500 jobs.
Opalesque Industry Update - Investment experts working at Swiss-based asset management firms have a distinctly negative view of the outlook for Switzerland 's economy and the financial markets as a result of the coronavirus crisis,
L Catterton-backed swimsuit maker Seafolly has fallen into administration due to the "crippling financial impact" of the coronavirus crisis.
