Many of the Labour MPs on the UK Treasury Select Committee believe the private equity industry needs to be more open and transparent. However, they take a very different attitude to their own Parliament.
Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners has bought Nuveen Investments, the biggest manager of closed-ended mutual funds in the US, for $5.75 billion. The deal would be the biggest leveraged buyout of an asset manager to date.
Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners has bought Nuveen Investments, the biggest manager of closed-ended mutual funds in the US, for $5.75 billion. The deal would be the biggest leveraged buyout of an asset manager to date.
Mid Europa Partners and France Telecom have bought Austrian mobile operator One for €1.4 billion. The deal is the biggest industrial leveraged buyout in Austria to date.
New York-based GSC Group, an alternative asset management firm that pursues credit-driven strategies, has raised €300 million for its latest defensive collateralised debt obligation fund.
New York-based GSC Group, an alternative asset management firm that pursues credit-driven strategies, has raised €300 million for its latest defensive collateralised debt obligation fund.
Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners has bought Nuveen Investments, the biggest manager of closed-ended mutual funds in the US, for $5.75 billion. The deal would be the biggest leveraged buyout of an asset manager to date.
New York-based GSC Group, an alternative asset management firm that pursues credit-driven strategies, has raised €300 million for its latest defensive collateralised debt obligation fund.
BC Partners, a publicity-shy European buyout firm, has followed its acquisition of estate agent Foxtons by agreeing to buy Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite operator. It is the firm’s biggest deal to date.
Some members of the UK Treasury Select Committee who have fiercely criticised private equity may be disregarding the industry’s successes on their own doorsteps. PEO offers a briefing note on some of the cases the MPs may have missed.