Private Equity
Despite a slow start, Proskauer anticipates a pickup in the number of IPOs this year, the firm found in its latest annual study.
1 min read · 13 April 2017
SVG’s capitulation to HarbourVest’s final offer for its portfolio marks the end of a saga that may usher in a new era for secondaries.
2 min read · 20 October 2016
The global investment manager has agreed with the London-listed private equity investor to acquire its portfolio by raising its previous offer by £24m.
2 min read · 18 October 2016
Shareholders in the London-listed private equity investor now have until Tuesday to accept HarbourVest's offer for the company.
2 min read · 17 October 2016
In an effort to trump a £748m preliminary agreement SVG reached with rival suitors Goldman Sachs and CPPIB, HarbourVest has also offered to buy the London-listed private equity investor's entire portfolio, but for at least £783.1m.
3 min read · 10 October 2016
HarbourVest is giving shareholders more time to consider its offer after SVG said it planned to sell its entire portfolio to Goldman Sachs and CPPIB for around £748 million.
2 min read · 07 October 2016
News the pair is offering to buy all of SVG comes barely a day after the London-listed private equity investor reached an agreement ‘in principle’ to sell half its portfolio to two other buyers.
2 min read · 05 October 2016
Shares in the London-listed private equity investor, led by CEO Lynn Fordham, fell by over 3% to 652 pence at mid-morning, with just one day to go before HarbourVest’s 650p-a-share final offer expires.<br />
4 min read · 05 October 2016
The two firms have agreed to acquire 50 percent of SVG’s portfolio with just over a day and a half to go before shareholders must decide whether to accept a rival offer from HarbourVest.
3 min read · 04 October 2016
KKR and Permira among those named in Private Equity International’s annual celebration of the industry’s best value creation stories.
3 min read · 03 October 2016
