Private Equity
The Carlyle Group has acquired the company which owns Italian womenswear brand Twin Set Simona Barbieri in a deal understood to be worth between €250m and €300m.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
3i chief Simon Borrows hopes measures including office closures and 160 redundancies will revive the business' share price and pave the way for a return to third party fundraising.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
Jacana Partners, a private equity group co-founded by ECI non-executive chairman Stephen Dawson, will join a growing number of firms looking to raise capital for Africa next year.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The Hugh Langmuir-helmed firm has made a double acquisition using capital from its latest buyout fund, which has now raised €3.5bn en route to its €5bn target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
A significant proportion of LPs plan to increase allocations to private equity, according to the latest Coller Capital Barometer, which also found LPs are increasingly concerned about the proliferation of special accounts.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Nordic private equity firm Procuritas has closed its fifth buyout fund at its hard cap of €200 million, a return to form after its previous vehicle came in under target.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The chief executive of Argos Soditic France, Louis Godron, has been appointed as chairman of the French private equity trade body, AFIC, following its annual general meeting last week.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Combining the differing skillsets of operational and dealmaking executives is the key challenge facing private equity firms in today’s marketplace, argued panellists at the PEI Operating Partners’ Forum.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Andrew Bellis, a senior CLO manager at Credit Suisse, has joined 3i Debt Management as a partner in a further sign of the group’s ambitious growth plans.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
EVCA’s newly-elected chairman Vincenzo Morelli stressed to delegates at PEI’s Operating Partners’ Forum the need to focus on top-line growth and working in partnership with management.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
