Managing partner Hugh Langmuir says the firm benefited from manager consolidation as many existing LPs increased their commitments.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
Polaris Private Equity’s managing partner Jan Kühl talks to PEI about the investment climate in Scandinavia.
4 min read · 23 January 2014
The firm – which this week reported a 29% year-on-year revenue increase driven by performance-related fees – has identified the lower mid-market as an area for good opportunities as it continues to expand its direct investment activity.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
Peter Verleun and Ad van den Ouweland have launched MKB Multifunds, which will back Dutch SME-focused funds and incorporate a social impact component to calculate carry.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
The exit from the UK restaurant chain is 3i’s third of 2013, as the London-listed group aims to improve its disposal activity compared with last year.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
AAC Capital has so far attracted $60m for Benelux Fund III, its first independent vehicle since spinning out of ABN AMRO in 2007 – as uncertainty continues to surround the future of its UK operation.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
It’s the ninth investment made from the firm’s EPEF IV, the first independent Equistone fund which closed on €1.5bn in January.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
The UK-listed vehicle has approved a £200m commitment to HgCapital 7, which has a target of £1.75bn. The firm's previous fund, the £1.9bn HgCapital 6, is about 70% deployed.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
3i continues to shed staff and sell assets, and has given up on the idea of raising another buyout fund any time soon. These are anxious times for one of the UK’s oldest and best-known private equity groups
2 min read · 23 January 2014
The Partners Group Global Value 2011, which focuses on several investment strategies globally, is already more than 50% deployed.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
