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UK PE-backed companies outperform the FTSE

Simon Walker, the BVCA chief executive, said the industry body’s research counteracts common perceptions that private equity pursues “quick flips” and does not invest in companies.

3 min read · 04 January 2013

Bidding begins for UK biofuels company

The alternative energy sector is proving increasingly attractive as oil prices soar.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Regulator steps in to £120m EMI pension dispute

Terra Firma’s turnaround of the music company has run into further difficulties in the same month US bank Citi reportedly failed to sell on £2.4bn of EMI loans.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Ontario Teachers’ eyes Prague airport

The Canadian pension has confirmed it’s looking to increase its infrastructure assets with the addition of a second European airport to its portfolio.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Inflexion backs buyout of Pims Pumps

Gresham exits waste water business with a sale to a mid-market rival, although Gresham is rolling over a minority stake alongside management.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Report: Mobius looks to invest in Iraq

The renowned emerging markets investor is reportedly seeking investment opportunities for the Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Group in the war ravaged country.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Consortium invests $145m in specialty pharma

MPM Capital and LLR Partners have led a Series D financing round totaling $50 million in equity and $95 million in debt for acute-care company EKR Therapeutics.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Navis goes it alone with Mentor Media

The pan-Asian firm based in Kuala Lumpur has bought two partners out of the consortium that acquired the formerly Singapore-listed company in 2005.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Landmark deals in Asian private equity

PEI Asia presents 15 private groundbreaking transactions that, for many and varied reasons, are set to leave a lasting legacy in Asian private equity.

10 min read · 04 January 2013

Cognetas, Englefield buy £135m UK utility company

Buyouts in the regulated utility services sector continue as firms seek defensive sectors for a possible economic downturn.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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