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James Taylor

Candover brings an end to Stork saga

Candover has agreed to pay €1.5 billion to buy Stork, a Dutch industrial conglomerate that has been involved in a long-running battle over strategy with the two hedge funds that are its biggest shareholders.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Blackstone buys Indian BPO firm(3)

The Blackstone Group hopes to take advantage of the ever-growing market for business process outsourcing, after paying a reported $200 million for Indian group Intelenet.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

MPs’ double standard on transparency

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.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Blackstone buys Indian BPO firm(2)

The Blackstone Group hopes to take advantage of the ever-growing market for business process outsourcing, after paying a reported $200 million for Indian group Intelenet.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Cohen: large buyout firms should pay more tax(3)

Sir Ronald Cohen, Apax Partners founder and a confidant of future UK prime minister Gordon Brown, has called for a review of the tax paid by partners at large buyout firms, but not at smaller firms like his own Bridges Ventures.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Benchmark Europe spins out of US parent(2)

US venture firm Benchmark Capital’s European division is spinning out of its parent. The new firm, which has been operating largely independently for some time, will be called Balderton Capital.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

AXA and Bramdean launch alternatives retail fund

Nicola Horlick’s Bramdean Asset Management has teamed up with AXA’s Isle of Man operation to launch a new fund that will give retail investors easier access to alternative assets and the bumper returns that institutional investors have been enjoying in recent years.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Blackstone buys Indian BPO firm

The Blackstone Group hopes to take advantage of the ever-growing market for business process outsourcing, after paying a reported $200 million for Indian group Intelenet.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Benchmark Europe spins out of US parent

US venture firm Benchmark Capital’s European division is spinning out of its parent. The new firm, which has been operating largely independently for some time, will be called Balderton Capital.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Cohen: large buyout firms should pay more tax(2)

Sir Ronald Cohen, Apax Partners founder and a confidant of future UK prime minister Gordon Brown, has called for a review of the tax paid by partners at large buyout firms, but not at smaller firms like his own Bridges Ventures.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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