| | | | | | Today: I, Luisa, will be your guide this sunny Monday morning.
The battle: I've spent a lot of time recently researching and discussing the topic of "Women in Private Equity." Many of you have been kind of enough to provide your insight. What have I learned? Before we can say whether things have gotten better or worse, we need data. There is a surprising lack of it when it comes to women in PE/VC. I still don't know how many women are actually employed by PE firms, so it's hard for me to say whether it's gotten better. I find it hard to believe that no one has this information (that I could find).
Next, I've happily discovered that there are some women that are doing really well. We have execs at Blackstone and TSG Consumer Partners— to name a few — that appear to be succeeding in the field. Here's our story "Trailblazers: Ten women pioneering new paths in private equity"
While a few may be doing well, there's still everyone else. I found that large buyout firms have the resources to attract and retain women. The same cannot be said for middle market firms. Lots of readers have also complained about the lack of opportunities in PE. I would love to jump on my soapbox at this point but I realize the industry is young. There is much work to be done. Here's my story "Women still looking to gain ground in private equity." However, I want everyone to know that the "Womenin PE" topic is not closed just because our story is in print. Keep on discussing/calling/sending email. We want to know what you think.
Disclosure: Buyouts Sam Sutton went through a huge pile of SEC filings to discover that less than 20 percent of GPs publicly disclose their use of accelerated monitoring fees. This is after Blackstone had to pay $39 million last year for failing to disclose such fees. Are GPs just not listening to their attorneys? Do they not care? Read Sam's story here.
Have a great Monday! If you have a comment, a tip, or something nice to say email me here at lbeltran@buyoutsinsider.com. If you have a complaint, email Chris at cwitkowsky@buyoutsinsider.com.
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| | IPOs | | | | | | No items | | | | | | | Old Mutual says considering all options for strategic review: Reuters Old Mutual, an Anglo-South African financial services company, said on Monday it was considering all options as part of a strategic review it announced in November, but that it had not yet made any decision, Reuters News reported. Protector Holdings buys BetterWay Insurance Services Protector Holdings has acquired BetterWay Insurance Services. Financial terms weren't announced. Concord, California-based BetterWay provides insurance services to Hispanic consumers; writing auto, motorcycle, RV, boat, homeowners and renters insurance coverage. Protector Holdings Is a joint venture of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and Dowling Capital Partners. VC-backed Docker buys Conductant Docker, a platform for developers to build, ship and run distributed applications, acquired orchestration startup Conductant Inc, the company announced in a blog post. Financial terms were not disclosed. In April, Docker raised $95 million in a Series D funding round led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust. | | Firms & Funds | | | | | Hummer Winblad targets $125 mln for seventh venture fund Hummer Winblad Venture Partners has set out to raise $125 million for its seventh venture fund, according to an SEC filing. No first close has been reported. The filing lists Lars Leckie, Mitchell Kertzman and Steve Kishi as the fund's partners. The previous Fund VI raised $198.4 million and closed in 2007, according to Thomson Reuters. | | Human Resources | | | | | HIG promotes Lozow to MD, hires Sanghvi HIG Middle Market said Monday it promoted Matt Lozow to Managing Director and hired Alok Sanghvi as a Managing Director. They will be leading H.I.G.'s Business Services investment efforts. Lozow has been a member of H.I.G.'s New York Middle Market team since joining the firm in 2009. Sanghvi previously led corporate development at MultiPlan Inc. H.I.G. Middle Market is the middle market investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital. Limetree Bay Terminals names Sweet CEO Limetree Bay Terminals LLC has named Darius Sweet as CEO. Limetree Bay is backed by ArcLight Capital Partners LLC and Freepoint Commodities LLC. Limetree, in January, acquired the assets of Hovensa's St. Croix facility consisting of about 32 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum product storage, idled refinery units and a deep-water port with 10 petroleum docks. Bow River hires UBS exec Cave Bow River Capital Partners hired Jonah Cave as a partner to further develop the firm's investor relations and fundraising platforms. Cave joins the firm from UBS, where he led the Americas client trading and execution platform. Prior to working at UBS, Jonah was a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. | | Odds & Ends + Hot Links | | | | | Jefferies restructures junk debt business, bankers leave: Reuters Jefferies Group LLC [JGLL.UL] will merge its junk-rated loans and bonds business with the junk debt unit of its joint venture with MassMutual Financial Group, according to people familiar with the matter, in the biggest reorganization by a U.S. investment bank since the leveraged finance markets seized up last year, Reuters News reported. PE HUB First Read In this morning's First Read, there's ransomware now targeting Mac users, Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal and rest in peace Nancy Reagan. PE HUB Second Opinion To close out your week, Second Opinion has news that Microsoft considered buying Slack for $8 billion, Thomson Reuters may sell its IP & science unit in parts, and Brazilian police question ex-president Lula da Silva in Petrobras corruption scandal. |
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