Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Integrated Media Company has unveiled a deal to buy Toon Boom Animation from Canadian cartoon company Nelvana for CAN$147.5 The Canadian media player purchased a 50 per cent stake in Toon Boom in 2004 and acquired the remaining 50 per cent holding in 2012.

Private Equity Firms 130

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Companies Venture Capital 130

Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

New York-based private equity firm Integrated Media Company has unveiled a deal to buy Toon Boom Animation from Canadian cartoon company Nelvana for CAN$147.5 The Canadian media player purchased a 50 per cent stake in Toon Boom in 2004 and acquired the remaining 50 per cent holding in 2012.

Private Equity Firms 130

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Investing Legal 130

Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Ontario Teachers’ initially invested in Shearer’s in 2012 and became a significant majority owner in 2015. The company has grown from five plants to 17 and has become one of the largest producers of private-label and co-manufactured salty snacks in North America. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP served as legal advisor to CD&R.

Stakes 59

Stakes Legal Banks Capital 59

Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

We’re seeing a slow-grinding implosion of this titanic asset bubble that started in 2012,” says Dan Zwirn, CEO at Arena Investors. That’s weighing heavily on the current round of fundraising by private equity firms, who are known in the industry as “sponsors” or general partners. “PE

Buyout 59

Buyout Debt Leveraging Pension Funds 59

Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

For all the years the investigation found child labor, PSSI has been owned by Wall Street's Blackstone--the largest private equity firm in the world. Independent Clinical Services, a company owned by Blackstone, was founded to have evaded £3 million in taxes in 2012 alone, the letter said.

Due Diligence 52

Due Diligence Pension Funds Education Funds 52

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

So I worked at a private equity firm, that middle market private equity firm Yale had money with. And then it’s actually hard to make a legal bet. So technically, and that’s probably why it was legal, there’s no gambling involved. You still had 2012 to 2017 to finish the bet.

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Funds Capital Assets 52

Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

Closed a C$230 million investment in the term loans of Legal Search, a provider of property- and corporate-related search services in Australia, the U.K., Private Equity Entered into a definitive agreement alongside Silver Lake to acquire Qualtrics, a U.S. The original investments were made between 2012 and 2014.

Investing 52

Investing Stakes Pension Funds Assets 52

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

And Paul was one of the founders of a private equity firm, Providence Equity Partners. That was one of the plants that General Electric had up to Hudson, legally with the approval of the federal government and the state is discharging — COHAN: PCBs into the Hudson River. RITHOLTZ: Right, into the Hudson.

Banks 103

Banks Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Companies 103