Private equity funds across the globe provided investors with modest returns in the third quarter of 2010, but it was Europe which brought more to the table after two prior disappointing quarters.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Former HFX Capital senior executive Phil McGowan has replaced Ian Lambert as head of private equity and real estate services in the EMEA region.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Piers Dennison is the latest member of former Candover Partners to find a new start with a rival buyout shop.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The television viewership tracking company, owned by a consortium of firms including Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR, has grown in further value after eclipsing its original share price.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Europe’s acquisition finance providers are expecting more active debt markets in 2011, a trend likely to be welcomed by mid-market players eager to refinance portfolio companies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
James Owens, former chief executive at construction machinery company Caterpillar, joins as a senior advisor.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The £200m deal means an exit for venture firms Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit and Index Ventures.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Direct secondaries specialist Cipio Partners garnered €137m in capital for its first blind-pool — short of its original target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Ernst & Young and the Environmental Defense Fund are launching a new environmentally focused fund return programme.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Dutch pension giants APG and PGGM have sold their stakes in the €32bn fund of funds to The Carlyle Group.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
