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VCTs – too spicy for some?

The poor marketing of some VCTs shouldn’t be allowed to tarnish the image of a valuable source of enterprise capital, says SJ Berwin’s Simon Witney.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Deloitte appoints PwC PE expert

Chris Hyams has joined the private equity transaction services group at Deloitte from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Paris office.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Duke Street to cash in on French drinks firm

The Paris office of the European buyout firm is to sell Marie Brizard to French trade buyer Belvedere.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Rustic Canyon debut fund holds interim close

The Santa Monica-based venture group has partnered with three principals to launch its debut fund, focused on the US emerging domestic market.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Hambro unit closes £64m fund

A private equity arm of J O Hambro Capital Management has held a final closing of its second buyout fund focused on investments in UK smaller unquoted companies.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Carlyle strengthens US leveraged finance

The US-based private equity house has hired the former CFO of Bank of America to boost its leveraged finance operations.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Camden launches successor VC FoF

The US firm, formerly known as Cahill, Warnock & Co., has closed on $32.8 million of a targeted $100 million.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

MoD approves QinetiQ IPO

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has given the go-ahead for a planned February flotation of the Carlyle-backed defence research laboratory.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

AXA acquires French cleaning business

French private equity firm Natexis Industrie and the French team of Barclays Private Equity have sold their stake in Eau Ecarlate to AXA Private Equity.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

DLJ spinout holds interim close

Diamond Castle Partners, which spun out of DLJ Merchant Banking last year, has held an interim close of $568m, according to SEC documents.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

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