Stephen Gillespie, a leveraged finance partner at law firm Allen & Overy, is to join rival Kirkland & Ellis’ London office.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, JP Morgan and the Royal Bank of Scotland have put an undisclosed amount into a new business focusing on UK annuities.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
KKR Private Equity Investor, the New York-based buyout firm’s listed vehicle due to IPO on Amsterdam’s Euronext this week, has raised more than three times its target, according to a report.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Munich- and New York-based Allianz Private Equity Partners has hired GIC Special Investment’s former London vice president to focus on its Asia investment activities.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The UK mid-market investor has garnered twice the capital raised for its second vehicle, which closed in 2002.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
A £280m offer for UK bookstore chain Waterstone’s has collapsed, following the withdrawal of a consortium including Lazard Private Equity.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The private equity consortium bidding for Dutch media and marketing business VNU has increased its offer from €28.75 to €29.50, a move which has already received a positive response from shareholder Templeton Global Advisors.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Promethean Investments, the AIM-listed investment vehicle of Sir Peter Burt, has approached London Scottish Bank regarding a 115 pence per share cash offer.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs JBWere is making its second transaction in two weeks, investing NZ$20m in a New Zealand retirement home.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
Kuwaiti investment bank Global Investment House has launched its second vehicle aimed at pre-IPO and IPO opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
