By Jennifer Yousfi Private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. plans to go public by year-end as part of its plan to bail out the company’s struggling Euronext-listed investment fund.[...]

Private equity investors who have ponied up for retailers may well wish to wipe 2008 from their memory. That may apply especially to Sun Capital Partners, whose Mervyn's retail chain is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reported that the department store chain will file for [...]

Pennsylvania's state retirement plans have more than doubled their bets this year on a private-equity investment firm set up by real estate investor Ira Lubert, investment banker Seth Lehr and accountant Howard Ross in 1999.[...]

After his mortgage company nearly crashed a decade ago, Michael W. Perry set a new course. He bought a bank so the company, soon rechristened IndyMac Bank, would never run short of money again. Read More Topics:Subprime Lending | Economy (Global) | Mortgages | Private Equity | Stock Market | [...]

Unitus Inc, a US based non-profit microfinance institution, has announced the launch of Unitus Capital, a financial advisory firm that will become a conduit between social entrepreneurs and capital market investors. The company will be based in Bangalore. The firm has also announced that Unitus Capital has received a seed [...]

Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell have abandoned the planned £1.5bn-£2bn sale of Infineum, their oil additives joint venture, after private equity bids came in below their target price[...]