Latin America’s private equity industry boomed during the first six months of this year, with a steep rise in the levels of fundraising, investments and exits, despite recent outflows of capital from ...

UnitedHealth Group has agreed to sell its last South American business Banmedica to Brazilian private equity group Patria ...

SAO PAULO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Private equity funds remain optimistic that Brazil's farm sector offers investment opportunities despite the deteriorating world credit market, executives said on Thursday ...

Warburg Pincus invested $123 million investment in Brazilian travel and expense management platform Voll, which hands the U.S ...

UnitedHealth sells Banmedica for $1 billion to Patria Investments, completing its Latin America exit as the company presses ahead with a multi-year turnaround.

UnitedHealth Group is selling its last South American business Banmedica to Brazilian private equity group Patria Investments ...

SÃO PAULO—The private-equity arm of Brazil's giant bank Itaú Unibanco Holdings SA has its eye on another acquisition this year, and is planning its first dollar-denominated fund for local and overseas ...

Private equity has had quite a boom over the last couple of decades. Here are some stats: The number of private equity firms has grown from just 24 in 1980 to 17,000 in the U.S. alone today. In 2000, ...

We start with a warning from Robert Morris, founder of US private equity group Olympus Partners, who has told investors that ...

To understand this trend, it's essential to grasp what private equity is and how it operates. Private equity firms invest in or acquire private businesses with the goal of generating investment ...

As the NFL gets set for its first game in Brazil tonight, Commissioner Roger Goodell has made several media appearances, talking private equity ownership with CNBC and the likelihood of a post-Super ...