Private Equity
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital has acquired a majority stake in a portfolio of 40 Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance assets from owner Lloyds Banking Group.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
After initially seeking an IPO exit, the Australian buyout firm has sold the education provider to Providence Equity Partners.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The threat presented by Solvency II should not be underestimated.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
The Scandinavian growth investor has made its first acquisition in the cleantech sector: German industrial group SiC Processing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Blackstone retains a ‘significant stake’ in the entertainment group, which owns iconic brands like the London Eye, while DIC has exited completely.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Responses from trade associations suggest alternative investment fund managers in the UK may have mixed feelings as capital gains tax is increased in today’s emergency budget from 18% to 28%.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The bank is reportedly in ‘advanced discussions’ to acquire Brazilian investment firm Gávea, which closed its third fund in 2008 on $1.2bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The London-listed firm has sold part of inspection and testing business Inspicio. It retains two of Inspicio’s other business units.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The retail-focused private equity firm has sold teen fashion chain Republic to TPG for a reported £300m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $156m deal is the pension’s first direct infrastructure investment and the third stake majority owner GIP has sold to an institutional investor.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
