Private Equity
Buyout firms Cinven and BC Partners have sold their remaining shares in travel company Amadeus.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The executive chairman of KKR-owned Alliance Boots praised PE's ownership model but argued the global economy had to cure the ‘disease of debt’ at the BVCA Summit in London on Thursday.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Against a backdrop of sovereign debt fears, the private equity industry gathered in London on Thursday for the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s annual summit at the Landmark Hotel.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
3i's Michael Queen argues the biggest question facing European PE firms was how best to access growth in emerging markets like China, a market he said would have to change.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
LDC, the private equity division of Lloyds Banking Group, has continued its prolific deal spree having sealed its eleventh investment this year, and is on track to surpass last year’s total.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $26.2bn system has committed $750m to a ‘strategic partnership’ with TCW spin-out Crescent Capital Group. South Carolina previously set up a $759m separate account with Apollo Global Management in 2009.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The private equity industry’s UK lobbying arm is calling for institutional investors to be included in a new government scheme to provide tax breaks for investors in small UK businesses.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The private equity firms will invest $50m each in Amalgamated Bank for a shared 40% stake in its common stock.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Silver Lake, DST, Temasek and Yunfeng Capital have provided the capital for a 'liquidity programme', allowing employees in China's largest e-commerce company to cash out some shares.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has jumped on the healthcare bandwagon with its $320m acquisition of Sage’s healthcare services division.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
