The private equity fund managers have been allocated £30m each as part of the Capital for Enterprise Fund Managers funded Real Help for Business scheme launched by the UK government in January.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The growth capital firm has led a €15m funding round into members-only shopping website BuyVIP which sells discount designer goods.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Finnish private equity firm’s life sciences head, Jan Lundahl, has resigned seven years after he joined the firm.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm is planning a £20m debt for equity swap as it looks to retain control of UK publisher Incisive Media.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Canadian online parenting platform Kaboose has sold its UK operations, Bounty Group, to Barclays Private Equity as well as around $18m worth of US assets to Disney Online. The media firm said it had had 'a difficult year'.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Indian private equity firm is also reportedly on the verge of making a first close on its $800m Asian infrastructure growth fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure has received clearance from the European Union to sell a management stake in port operator Europort
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Canadian investor has bid two-thirds over the share price to gain control of Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, which has a debt burden of more than A$5bn
1 min read · 05 January 2013
First quarter deal activity reflects a ‘UK buyout market showing little sign of life’, according to recent data that shows just £2bn has been invested so far this year, compared with £7.5bn in the first quarter 2008.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
HgCapital and Electra Partners stressed yesterday that listed funds with longer-than-average holding periods can achieve excellent returns and still find interesting investment opportunities, despite recent difficulties encountered by the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
