Sentences with phrase «with private equity firms is»

Lydia Jett has left her position as vice president with private equity firm M / C Partners to join SoftBank as an investor in their West Coast office.

Not exact matches

This year, the French chairman and CEO is joining US - based private - equity firm Catterton to form an investment firm with a consumer focus.

Founder Zach Goldstein, an investment banker who formerly worked at JPMorgan and a private equity firm in Chicago, was frustrated with the quality of other lounge clothes on the market that he didn't feel comfortable wearing outside his house.

• Mednax, a U.S. healthcare network operator targeted by Elliott Management, is facing acquisition interest from several private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter interviewed by Reuters.

Its assets and employees are going to private equity firm Lantern Capital Partners, but the deal also nullifies all the non-disclosure agreements that Harvey Weinstein made his accusers sign when he settled with them.

«We were not looking for a buyer when they approached us,» recalls Martin Spirig, a partner at Invision Private Equity, the Swiss firm that purchased Feintechnik, along with Austrian - based Alpine Equity Management, in 2007.

BlackRock and Neuberger Berman Group are among firms that California Public Employees» Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, might look to partner with as it seeks help to manage its $ 40 billion private equity portfolio, people familiar with the matter said last month.

The company is negotiating with its lender, London - based private equity firm Lion Capital, to get some breathing room.

They are U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (brcm), which has partnered with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners; South Korea's SK Hynix; Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, and Western Digital.

«In soliciting investments in the Fake Funds, CASPERSEN made the following false representations to investors, among others: in recognition for his prior work with Park Hill Group, CASPERSEN had been offered a «friends and family» investment allocation in a security that was allegedly offered by a private equity firm; CASPERSEN was personally investing in the security, and offering it to his family and a limited number of friends; the investment was a credit facility secured by a portfolio of assets owned by one of the Legitimate Funds; the investor would receive quarterly interest payments, ranging from 15 to 20 percent; the investment was practically risk - free, as the loaned funds would remain in a bank account; the investor could withdraw the principal at any time with 90 days» notice; and investor funds should be wired to one of the Fake Fund Accounts.

The cutthroat Brazilian private - equity firm, which teamed up with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in a deal to form the new Kraft Heinz Company, is known for swift layoffs, cost - cutting — and profit.

Now he's once again putting his money where his six - year - old's mouth is — by co-investing with Brazilian private equity firm 3G to buy Kraft (KRFT).

Leonard Green's talks with Nordstrom is the uncommon example of a private equity firm taking a minority stake in a leveraged buyout.

It's been four months since Heinz sold itself to Warren Buffett and 3G, a private equity firm with Brazilian roots that also controls Anheuser - Busch and Burger King.

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Staples, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday

In fact, he just bought into a company that it majority owned by a private equity firm whose co-founder is credited with coining the phrase «private equity.»

U.S. health insurer Humana is in advanced talks to acquire acute care provider Kindred Healthcare in partnership with private equity firms Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and TPG, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

They acknowledge they've had conversations with bankers and say they've been pitched relentlessly by private equity firms and other would - be buyers, but they are having too much fun to sell.

The SEC expects private equity firms to report average net IRRs alongside gross IRRs with equal prominence in marketing materials when they are seeking to raise a new fund.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining how private equity firms report a key metric of their past performance when they market new funds to investors, as the regulator boosts its scrutiny of the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.

The company, which is controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, will shed some $ 700 million in debt in the prepackaged reorganization that will be filed soon with federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Del..

Craig Powell is CEO of Motus, a Boston - based vehicle management and reimbursement app, which was acquired in January 2018, along with its rival Runzheimer, by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm.

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Staples (spls) following an auction for the U.S. office supplies retailer, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a deal that could top $ 6 billion.

«No matter what they do in their careers — go off to a private equity firm, to consulting, go work for a big company, be in the marketing unit at Merck — they're almost certain to be involved in launching new businesses or new products, or working with people who are,» Eisenmann says.

April 23 (Reuters)- U.S. health insurer Humana Inc is teaming up with two private equity firms to buy privately held hospice operator Curo Health Services for about $ 1.4 billion, the group's latest deal in the healthcare services sector.

Avon has racked up about $ 1.8 billion in losses and last year sold off its North American business to private equity firm Cerberus, a huge blow for a company founded in 1886 in New York when a door - to - door bookseller found that the perfumes he mixed himself were popular with his customers.

He notes that Clayton Dubilier & Rice, the private equity firm where he serves as a senior advisor, is now funding 20 students in his MBA program, with a second cohort to start in January.

The company's growth has been further accelerated by its 2016 partnership with private equity firm TorQuest Partners, which specializes in mid-market firms and manages more than $ 2 billion of equity capital.

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

The electronics retailer is said to be in talks with a private equity firm that could buy its assets out of bankruptcy.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is exploring a sale or initial public offering of Ortho - Clinical Diagnostics Inc, a U.S. diagnostics company that could be valued at more than $ 7 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

• Humana Inc. is in advanced talks to join with two private - equity firms in a deal to acquire home - care provider Kindred Healthcare Inc (NYSE: KND), according to The Wall Street Journal.

While the list price of the aircraft is $ 49.5 billion, Airbus confirmed that «regretfully» the private equity firm did not pay that price, with the final cost not being revealed.

• Hopu Investments, a Chinese private equity firm, is hoping to raise $ 2.5 billion for consumer industries fund, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

What's more private equity firms across the board charge astronomically high fees compared with mutual funds — often 1.5 % to manage money, and then another 20 % of any profits.

Humana is teaming up with two private equity firms to buy privately held Curo Health Services for about $ 1.4 billion, making it the largest hospice operator in the United States.

That's how I feel about the merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons, which was engineered by Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital with some financing help from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc..

The biggest radio broadcaster in the US with nearly 850 radio stations, iHeartMedia, formerly called Clear Channel Communications — which was acquired by private equity firms Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in a leveraged buyout at the apex of the LBO boom just before the Financial Crisis — has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, after threatening to do so since 2010.

Mr. Danhakl is a Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout transactions, with which he has been a partner since 1995.

Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, were also reportedly in talks with several private equity firms earlier this year to make a bid for the company.

I spent a week in Europe a few weeks ago with our friend Eric who is a managing partner in a private equity firm.

Arsenal Capital Partners is a specialized private equity firm that invests in the U.S. market with a deep focus in two sectors, Specialty Industrials and Healthcare.

Online home rental marketplace Airbnb Inc is said to be raising $ 1.5 billion in a fund raising round led by U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic with participation from Hillhouse Capital, Tiger Global and others.

Fairview's co-investment strategies offer one of the most efficient means through which direct investment opportunities with best in class private equity firms can be accessed.

Mr. Meresman was a Venture Partner with Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity firm, from January 2004 through December 2004 and was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Technology Crossover Ventures from November 2001 to December 2003.

Previously, Mr. Barrett was a Managing Director of Gemini Investors, a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments, served as an equity analyst for Fidelity Management and Research and held various positions with Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc., an investment banking firm.

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Dell has also been speaking to private equity firms about selling Quest Software, which helps with information technology management, as well as SonicWall, an e-mail encryption and data security provider.

TORONTO / NEW YORK (Reuters)- Canadian pension plan Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has been talking with major U.S. and Canadian private equity firms about selling land registry company Teranet in a deal that could fetch about C$ 3 billion ($ 2.4 billion), according to people familiar with the situation.