Matt Levin

Goldman Sachs’ private equity arm and Myers Industries have agreed to terminate their merger agreement, months after Goldman paid a $35m fee to extend its closing.

The mid-market consumer specialist adds to its food and beverage portfolio with ready-to-drink tea maker.

Oversubscribed Cadent Energy Partners II will target small- to medium-sized energy companies throughout North America.

The pension’s lowest annual return for five years was boosted by alternatives, despite private equity returns falling by almost two-thirds. Teachers’ also faces a $587 million break-up fee if the BCE transaction fails to close.

As part of its clean tech investment drive, the German bank’s asset management division is in the early stages of developing a fund exclusively devoted to climate change technology.

Looking to capitalise on post-Asian financial crisis recovery, the Indonesia-based firm has raised more than $30 million so far for its Southeast Asian fund.

Amid significant turnover, former vice president of private equity Jane Mendillo will return to the world's largest university endowment after leaving the Crimson for Wellesley College in 2002.

In a memo to investors, Oaktree head Howard Marks cites runaway leverage and fair value accounting as primary culprits in a ‘broad-gauged and systemic’ crisis.

The $8.7 billion San Diego County Employees Retirement Association has committed $75 million to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II, in line with a new allocation to infrastructure investment.

The First Chicago Equity spin-off has sold a controlling interest to Richard Kiphart investment group.