07/08/2015
Blackstone favourite in Morgan Stanley's $8.9b Investa real estate
A final shortlist of two bidders for Morgan Stanley's nearly $2.5 billion portfolio of Investa-managed office towers could be revealed within days
Alternative Investments
07/08/2015
Private equity’s dirty little secret: why operating partners don’t make sense
The role of operating partner has been around for decades in PE.
07/08/2015
Private Advisors Closes 6th Small Company Private Equity Fund
Private Advisors and its employees, along with parent organization New York Life, committed approximately $51 million, demonstrating alignment with investors and continued confidence in the strategy.
07/08/2015
Ex-SAC Money Manager Orwicz Joins Hedge Fund Firm Deimos
Deimos was formed this year after a management buyout of Guggenheim Partners’ multistrategy hedge fund business and is led by Patrick Hughes, Loren Katzovitz and Mark Standish.
07/07/2015
First Trust Nasdaq CEA Cybersecurity ETF Launches on the Nasdaq Stock Market
New ETF Tracks the Nasdaq CEA Cybersecurity Index
07/07/2015
Carlyle Group Finding Good Buys in Market With High Valuation
Rubenstein said the market will continue to grow because private equity gets good rates of return for investors.
07/07/2015
Gold Frontiers Partners with Computershare for Worldwide Escrow Services
Financial software and services firm Gold Frontiers announces its engagement of Computershare, one of the largest transfer agents in the world
07/06/2015
Plan for TriMas spinoff: Eye small acquisitions
Even in its first few hours as a public company last week, the new Horizon Global Corp. spinoff from Bloomfield Hills-based TriMas Corp. was already chasing several acquisitions.
07/06/2015
Great American Capital Partners Closes $25 Million Term Loan to RadioShack
General Wireless intends to rebuild the RadioShack brand around a core product base to be sold alongside Sprint Corp. wireless products.
07/06/2015
Worldwide Facilities Receives Significant Investment from Lovell Minnick Partners
The company also has been successful in growing its proprietary program and managing general agency businesses.
07/03/2015
Silvercrest completes acquisition of Jamison
Silvercrest Asset Management acquires advisor for $11.3m
07/03/2015
CalPERS tries to get handle on management fees
CalPERS’ investment practices are getting scrutinized again, this time over the fees it pays to the investment firms that help manage its giant portfolio.
07/03/2015
Barnegat Fund: Barron's Top 100 Hedge Funds 6th Year in a Row
Since its inception in 2001, the Barnegat Fund has created over $1 billion of value for its investors.
07/02/2015
International private equity firm completes acquisition of Snack company
With the backing of the Permira funds, BFY Holdings will be well-positioned to create a global, diversified, better-for-you snack company
07/02/2015
Titan Advisors To Acquire Saguenay Strathmore Capital
With the acquisition, Titan now has a total of 46 employees, including a research team of 21 people.
07/02/2015
Schwab Adds Nine ETFs to OneSource Program
Investors can now buy and sell 211 ETFs covering 66 Morningstar categories on OneSource without paying online commissions.
07/02/2015
Bill Gross Gets Co-Manager After Acquisition
Acquisition Expands Janus Capital’s Global Macro Fixed Income Team
07/02/2015
Lucia Capital Management's Flagship Fund Surpasses $200 Million In Net Assets
Distinct Fund Providing Access for Retail Investors to Diversified Portfolio of Income-Generating Alternative Assets Positioned for Further Adoption by Distribution Platforms Nationwide
07/01/2015
Hedge Fund Trian Sees U.K.'s Pentiar As the Next Platform For Tax-Savvy Dealmaking
Because of tax advantages Pentair gleaned during a 2012 corporate spin-version transaction
07/01/2015
Lombard International Assurance Acquires Philadelphia Financial’s Life Insurance Companies
The parent company of Lombard International Assurance has completed the acquisition of Philadelphia Financial’s life insurance companies with all regulatory approvals received