Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners, the co-investment fund of US bank Lehman Brothers, has joined The Carlyle Group as a shareholder in Firth Rixson, a metal manufacturing business Carlyle acquired in 2003.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US and European venture capital firm Fidelity Ventures is looking within its own and portfolio companies’ internal processes as it hunts for vertical software targets. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Vision Capital, a secondary direct firm, has acquired a portfolio including three nuclear consultancy businesses and a rail infrastructure specialist for £76.4m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The London-based buyout firm is nearing a first close of a new fund targeting £250m for distressed opportunities in Europe.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Summer is a busy time for the gym sector as people put in the hours to attain the perfect beach body. Private equity, it turns out, has been flexing its acquisition muscles too. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint, a European mid-market private equity firm, has hired John Barber, a managing director at placement agent Helix Associates, to lead its investor services team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Tom Hunter and Bank of Scotland’s £1.1bn bid for care homes builder McCarthy & Stone has been successful, with Permira and Barclays Capital opting not to increase their offer.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Investec, a minority shareholder in Signet Group, a UK jewellery retailer currently being stalked by two private equity firms, has said in a letter that the firm could achieve private equity-style benefits by remaining a public company.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Patrick Dunne, communications director at London-listed private equity firm 3i, has been appointed chairman at UK charity Leap.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The London arm of Fidelity Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, has hired Baruk Pilo from the European M&A unit of Cisco Systems.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
