Private Equity
Vincenzo Morelli, partner emeritus at TPG, has been elected as chairman of European trade body EVCA at a pivotal time for the industry in Europe.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity and venture capital-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank has opened a full-service commercial banking operation in London, the first US bank to do so in more than five years.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
VTB Capital has ambitious plans to open several hundred burger restaurants in Russia, having agreed a joint venture with global brand Burger King.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
3i Group has agreed its first deal under new chief executive Simon Borrows, with its debt arm adding €2bn to its portfolio through the acquisition of seven CLO contracts from Invesco.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Two of the Anglo-saxon investment world’s most famous dynasties have formed a strategic partnership to pursue investment opportunities together and share expertise.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Whilst the Eurozone grappled with sovereign debt issues, the UK last year proved a relatively attractive environment for mid-market private equity with the value of deals rising compared to 2010, a report has found.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The buyout arm of Russian investment bank VTB has concluded a partial exit of software developer EPAM by floating the business on the NYSE - the first company of CIS-origin to go public in the US since 2004.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
For SVG Capital, distributions outweighed capital calls last year for the first time since 2008, as buyout firm Permira delivered strong returns on its investments.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
A new fund backed by venture capital group MTI, targeting a record £150m, will aim to back university spin-outs in the hope of potentially unearthing another Facebook or Yahoo, both of which owed their genesis to ideas formed at university.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
TPG Capital is on the verge of acquiring GlobeOp Financial Services in a £508m deal, the first take-private of an LSE-listed business this year by a private equity firm.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
