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Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has advised Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc (CPI), a portfolio company of The Riverside Company (Riverside), on its sale to Brockway Moran and Partners. CPI is a training organisation specialising in the safe management of crisis situations and disruptive behaviour.
The transaction closed on 18 November, 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to CPI. The transaction was led by Ned Valentine, Derek Lewis, John Arendale and Karl Kirkeby from the firm’s Richmond office.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, CPI is the global leader and pioneer in providing crisis prevention, nonviolent
Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired TNT Crane and Rigging from MML Capital Partners.
TNT is the leading mobile crane rental company serving the Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma region. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with eight additional branches in the region, TNT provides crane rental and rigging services primarily to the refinery, petrochemical, power, commercial and oil & gas end markets. The Company owns one of the largest and most diverse mobile crane fleets in the region, with cranes ranging in size from 15-tons to 800-tons. In addition, the Company offers full-service rigging
Glocap Search LLC and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst have released the 2012 Edition of the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst-Glocap Compensation Study, a probing compendium of 2011/12 compensation at US-based private equity funds.
The study shows complete salary and bonus data across all titles and fund sizes for private equity, venture capital, and fund of funds firms (including data on carried interest) from 2008 to 2011-12.
Robert Dunn, Product Director of Dow Jones Private Markets, says: "We believe we have produced the most comprehensive, accurate, and timely look at private equity compensation the marketplace has seen."
According to the
The UK has retained its position as the most competitive location for private equity firms, according to new research1 by Investec Fund Finance (Investec). Despite the UK’s sluggish economy and recent tax changes, it remains ahead of Switzerland and the US in terms of having the most attractive infrastructure, regulatory environment and tax regime for private equity firms to be based.
Investec’s research among senior private equity professionals currently based in the UK reveals that potential tax increases on capital gains and carried interest pose the greatest threats to the UK’s continued attractiveness as a base for private equity firms. This
Quad Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the education industry, has announced the closing of the firm’s fourth investment fund, Quad Partners IV LP (Quad IV). Quad IV closed at its hard cap of USD200 million with commitments from leading institutional limited partners.
Quad Partners was founded in 2000 to make value-added private investments in the education industry. Today, Quad is one of the most active investors in privately-owned education companies in the United States.
"We appreciate the continued support of our investors and the tireless efforts of our portfolio company management teams. Our strategy is to invest
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency enforcement action to stop a fraudulent scheme targeting investors seeking coveted stock in Internet and technology companies like Facebook and Groupon in advance of a public offering.
The SEC alleges that Florida resident John A Mattera and several other individuals carried out the scam using a newly-minted hedge fund named The Praetorian Global Fund. They falsely claimed that the fund and affiliated Praetorian entities owned shares worth tens of millions of dollars in privately-held companies that were expected to soon hold an initial public offering (IPO) including Facebook, Groupon, and others.
By Commissioner Scott D O’Malia – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) has confirmed that our Division of Enforcement is investigating MF Global, Inc. (“MF Global”) for possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and/or Commission regulations. I fully support the Commission’s efforts to conduct a thorough investigation to determine what happened with the customer funds, how we can return all customer funds as soon as possible, and punish any wrongdoing.
Segregation of customer funds is fundamental to our markets. The CEA expressly prohibits intermediaries like MF Global from (i) commingling customer and proprietary funds (i.e., house funds)
Rapid7, a provider of security risk intelligence solutions, has secured USD50 million in a series C round from Palo Alto, California-based Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).
The new funding will support Rapid7’s growth strategy in three main areas: hiring critical talent to accelerate product innovation, strategic acquisitions and international expansion.
“In the security battle, attackers currently have the edge and Rapid7 intends to change this by recruiting the most talented people and organisations to drive innovation. We are looking for great people that are passionate about helping customers solve the hard problems they face in security,” says Mike Tuchen, CEO
Brand identity is seen as ever more critical by those within the private equity industry, according to research from BackBay Communications, a strategic financial services branding, marketing and public relations firm, and PitchBook, an independent research firm providing data and analysis to the private equity industry.
The study, Private Equity Brand Equity II, surveyed 256 private equity professionals, limited partners, investment bankers, intermediaries, lawyers and consultants serving the private equity industry in the US and Europe concerning their attitude and approach to branding. The study found that 99% of those questioned viewed a private equity firm’s brand as directly linked
Some 291 secondary buyouts worth USD60.4bn have been announced in 2011 to date, surpassing 2010 figure in both volume and value. Transaction type has doubled market share since 2008, and the surge in secondary buyouts is likely to continue apace, with 48% of GPs expecting the number of such transactions to increase going forward, the latest Preqin research reveals.
The findings come as the number and volume of post-Lehman secondary buyouts almost reach levels seen during the buyout boom of 2006-2007. Q3 2011 was one of the strongest quarters for secondary buyouts since 2007, surpassed only by Q2 2011 and
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