Britain’s largest private equity industry group is calling for an ambassador to venture capital as part of the UK government’s 2011 budget.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Buyout giant CVC Capital Partners has launched an internal investigation into an alleged bribery scandal surrounding its acquisition of Formula One in 2006.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The latest study from LBS and HEC academics follows a report they released in June 2010, which found buyout funds to have a unique alpha component.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Maurice Tchenio, one of the three founders of private equity titan Apax Partners, has passed control of the firm’s French arm months before it closes a new fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Market players are disagreeing over which EU legal instrument should be lobbied for as new rules over the alternative investment industry draw nearer.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
TPG bought spirits maker Mey Icki, its first investment in Turkey, for $900m in 2006.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The alternative asset titan has sold its majority stake in JMC Steel Group to minority shareholder Zekelman family.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A US federal appeals court has given the green light to an investor lawsuit claiming Blackstone whitewashed its portfolio before launching its listing on the NYSE.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Phase4 Ventures, the venture capital arm of Nomura, has become an independent firm that will begin fundraising in the next 12 months.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
MerchantBridge founder Basil Al-Rahim was among seven dead in a plane crash in Iraq on Friday. A senior partner at the firm was also killed.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
