A group of senior private equity professionals has been tasked with educating the EU about current impediments to their industry’s growth. By Robert Venes.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Greylock Partners has raised $150m for its first fund dedicated to investing in Israel’s high-tech sector, which received $404m of venture capital funding in the second quarter.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The unprecedented churn rate of private equity lawyers continues with former Kirkland & Ellis associate Sam Pakbaz’s return to the firm after two years at a US hedge fund, while Lovells is rebuilding its private equity practice following the departure of Marco Compagnoni earlier this year.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
VNU, owned by a private equity consortium including KKR, Blackstone and Carlyle, plans to raise $1.67 billion of new debt to finance the acquisition.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust is targeting an annual commitment of £75 million to private equity as it steps up its exposure to the asset class from 5% to 10%.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
France Telecom has followed up the sale of its PagesJaunes directory business today, with the disposal of its Mobile Satellite Communications arm to Apax Partners for €60m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity manager, has backed Avery Healthcare, a group of care homes, in its acquisition of Hadrian Healthcare.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The private equity firm headed by former Goldman Sachs investment banker Christopher Flowers has raised the cap for its second fund to $6 billion.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a US buyout house, has beaten off competition from a number of other private equity firms, including Texas Pacific Group and Eurazeo, to acquire France Telecom’s 54% stake in French directories business PagesJaunes.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Activa Capital, a French private equity firm, has refinanced two of its vintage 2003 Activa Capital Fund portfolio companies
2 min read · 03 January 2013
