After being recapped by JPMorgan Partners and Ares Management in 2004, House of Blues Entertainment has been sold for $350 million.
In June, five seasoned media and communications investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan for an on-the-record discussion about opportunities in this rapidly changing market. David Snow reports on a lively exchange of views between these partners and rivals.
Two years after closing EQT IV, EQT Partners is back in the market raising a new buyout fund.
Leveraged loan investor Babson Capital has rolled out its first dedicated mezzanine fund as pricing begins to settle against background of interest rate uncertainty.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Private Equity reclaim almost half of their original equity investment in the rental car company via a debt-financing commitment.
While groups like New York’s Avenue Capital are seeing distressed opportunities increasing around the world, China is currently grabbing most attention. Andy Thomson finds out why.
French captive Axa Private Equity is giving Eurotunnel’s restructuring a Gallic seal of approval, assuaging French retail investors and taking the group a step closer to recovery.
Fund manager AMVESCAP is buying WL Ross & Co, a US alternative assets manager, to beef up its product line-up for its clients.
Byeon Yang-ho, managing director and founder of South Korean buyout fund Vogo, is the latest private equity professional to feel the heat from the country’s authorities.
Chartered Marketing Services, majority owned by TA Associates and Spectrum Equity Investors, will be sold to Intersections Inc.