Permira and Apax Partners have reportedly decided to sell rather than float their £2 billion-rated UK fashion retailer New Look, after the company’s management expressed a preference to remain privately-owned.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
NanoDimension has raised €45 million for a dedicated nanotech venture fund, which has already made its first investment.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The consortium trying to buy Australian airline Qantas, which includes US buyout firm TPG, has seen its $11.1bn rejected by a major shareholder. The deal could now collapse altogether.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Bank of Scotland has recruited private equity industry veteran Paul Brooks as a non-executive director to advise its integrated finance team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital, the principal backer of Forbion Capital Partners’ spin-out from ABN AMRO Capital, has moved to diversify the firm’s investor base by selling part of its stake to seven leading private equity investor groups.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has led a first round of funding for CastTV, a video search engine company that has various internet business luminaries on its board.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A newspaper study of 30 recent large buyouts in the UK has revealed that the companies involved have actually increased staff numbers by 25 percent under private equity ownership, contrary to recent trade union claims.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Intel Capital has led a $40 million investment round for a company aiming to provide better television reception for the whole of China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity deal volumes hit nearly $200 billion in the first three months of the year, according to new research.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Australian bank Macquarie has criticised the Alinta board for recommending a rival bid led by Babcock & Brown.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
