Blackstone Advisory Partners vice chairman, Byron R Wien, has issued his 26th annual list of ‘surprises’ for the coming year. The first list was issued way back in 1986 when Wien was the Chief US Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley and as ever this year’s edition consist of political, economic
Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investing and business improvement in the smaller end of the middle market, has sold its portfolio company, SRC, to Buckingham Capital and Stelaris Capital. Although financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, Monomoy received cash and
Middle-market private equity firm Irving Place Capital (IPC) has acquired Dots, a women’s fashion and accessory retail company. Terms of the transaction, which closed on January 3, 2011, have not been disclosed. Dots is a specialty retail company offering women the newest fashion trends at affordable prices. Founded in 1987,
Specialist private equity fund-of-funds KCC Management has been renamed Cuyahoga Capital Partners after gaining independence from Key Capital Corporation. The new firm will be led by Managing Partners Chris Hanrahan and Bart Shirley (pictured), while the entire KCC Management team of investment professionals will remain with Cuyahoga Capital Partners. Cuyahoga
The total value of smaller private equity buyouts completed during 2010 rose to over GBP2.5billion, a 150 per cent increase on 2009 levels, according to data from The UK Growth Buyout Dashboard. The quarterly trend analysis of private equity transactions in the GBP10 million to GBP100 million segment produced by
Plexus Capital, the North Carolina-based private equity firm, has has completed its final closing of Plexus Fund II. This is the firm’s second fund to make loans and equity investments in small and mid-sized businesses in North Carolina and the eastern half of the US. Despite a difficult economic environment,
Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm with a focus on technology and healthcare investments, has completed a majority equity investment in technology staffing and clinical data management consulting firm Eliassen Group. Eliassen Group was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA with five additional offices along the
Exit activity for venture-backed companies moved closer to levels seen before the economic downturn as 514 companies achieved liquidity in 2010, netting USD39.3 billion, according to industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. That represents a 25% increase in exits from 2009 and is not far from the 613 exits completed
Private equity firm Olympus Partners has sold T&H Group to Alliant Insurance Services. Olympus has owned T&H Group – a New York-based insurance broker with specialties in surety, construction-related insurance and employee benefits, since April 2006 when it acquired Tanenbaum-Harber and Thesco Benefits. T&H Group later acquired RFF &
Counsel Corporation has completed the USD140m sale of a real estate portfolio to Retrocom Mid-Market Real Estate Investment Trust. The portfolio consists of seven commercial retail properties totaling in excess of 800,000 square feet of gross leasable area, located in Ontario and New Brunswick. Retrocom assumed the USD60.3 million of existing
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