Private Equity

CrossFit Builds Muscle with Berkshire PE Investment

Eric Roza Teams with Berkshire.  Berkshire Partners announced that it will partner with Eric Roza to buy CrossFit.  CrossFit, a leading health and fitness brand, begain in a garage 20 years ago in California and now serves millions of people in their fitness endeavors.  The company has about 14,000 gyms around the world.   According to …

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Private Equity in Focus: Retirement Plans Would Benefit From PE

SEC Chairman Clayton is an advocate.  Private equity may soon become a part of retirement plans in America.  Several Trump administration officials are in favor of allowing individual investors to invest in private equity through their 401(k) plans.  SEC chairman Jay Clayton is one of these advocates.  Officials contend that this move can expedite American …

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Nuveen Expanding Impact Investing Initiatives

The Impact Investing community is buzzing over Nuveen’s continued build out of its impact investing focus.  Rekha Unnithan, who joined the firm in 2012 with the intention of investing in solving societal issues, says “Impact investing is now all of a sudden having its moment…It’s cool now and is getting a lot more attention. We …

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Private Equity Eyes Cannabis Investments

Pandemic and Cannabis Stock Declines Create Opportunity.  As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, investors are uncertain how their portfolios will evolve as we move further into 2020.  With cannabis stocks having fallen in recent months, investors increasingly are looking to the cannabis industry as a potential source of dip-buying.  According to managing director …

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Private Equity: PE Powerhouse One Equity Partners Completes Acquisition of Spartronics

Middle market private equity firm, One Equity Partners (OEP), has officially completed the acquisition of Spartronics.   The management team is led by CEO Paul Fraipont, who states that he looks forward to adding value to the company and growing Spartronics.  Further, the company hopes to bring more value to its customers by investing in technology.  …

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