Private Equity
Silverfleet Capital, the former buyout arm of insurer Prudential, has appointed Alexandre Lefebvre as one of two co-heads to replace the outgoing leader of its Paris office.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Trouble is brewing in the listed private equity sector as a Paris-based investment company tries to shake up the way a listed fund of funds is managed – and has vowed to do the same with other vehicles.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
Cinven's 3.5x exit on diagnostics group Phadia, purchased at the peak of the market in a secondary buyout, represents its second €1bn-plus gain this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Former Goldman Sachs banker and ex-Delta co-managing partner Kirill Dmitriev will helm the country’s $10bn private equity fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Peruvian firm Nexus Group has beat its target for its first international institutional fund, showing LP appetite for the region can overcome scepticism of new managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Italian private equity firm Wise has generated a 5x multiple following the sale of pharmaceutical logistics company Eurodifarm to DHL.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK government-backed Business Growth Fund, chaired by Sir Nigel Rudd, will make £2.5bn available to invest in British SMEs.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Asset management group BlackRock is planning a move into direct private equity investments, almost two decades after if spun out of buyout firm Blackstone Group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The protracted sale of shoe company Jimmy Choo has reached a lucrative, £500m conclusion for owner TowerBrook Capital.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
VTB Capital has become the second Russian-state backed institution in a week to hire a Goldman Sachs partner, appointing Atanas Bostandjiev as its CEO.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
