Clare Burrows
Cleantech-focused BeCapital has closed its first fund, whose strategy goes beyond that of other cleantech firms, says CEO Alexandre Schmitz.
Despite eurozone fears, private equity investment in Europe is up 33 percent compared to last year, according to CMBOR.
The UK Labour leader is stirring his base with an attack on private equity as 'asset strippers', though his political rhetoric may be difficult to translate into Labour policy.
The Carlyle Group has made an all-equity investment in financial services software provider ITRS Group. It joins a number of firms dodging the challenging debt market by underwriting the entire deal.
Fewer business owners are willing to sell in volatile markets, says 3i chief executive Michael Queen, as deal-flow stagnation continues to frustrate the listed group.
HgCapital has responded to the tightened credit markets by making an all-cash offer for internet service provider NBT.
Permira, for the first time, will include two kibbutzim, traditional agricultural communities in Israel, as co-investors on an investment in a farming technology company.
The European private equity firm is closing its UK and German operations, prompting the departure of Jonathan Musselwhite and Charles St. John.
German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has committed hundreds of millions of euros to a separate account with Pantheon.
Turnaround-focused Kelso Place has hired Philip Dougall as the ninth member of its investment team as it gears up for eurozone crisis fallout.