Private Equity

Secondaries

HarbourVest turns up the heat on SVG as deadline nears

The US-based private markets investment firm noted that SVG has missed its own deadline to update the market on talks with potential rival bidders.

1 min read · 04 October 2016

Morgan Stanley prepares for mixed asset sale – Exclusive

The bank is in talks with Houlihan Lokey to explore the sale of private equity, real estate and infrastructure stakes valued at as much as $2bn, PEI's sister title Secondaries Investor has learned.

1 min read · 04 October 2016

Operational Excellence Award winners 2016: Americas

The Riverside Company and KPS Capital Partners are among those picking up awards in this year’s list of the private equity companies doing the most to build better companies.

1 min read · 03 October 2016

Operational Excellence Award winners 2016: Asia-Pacific

Actis and Navis Capital among those picking up awards in this year’s list of the private equity companies doing the most to build better companies.

1 min read · 03 October 2016

SVG in talks with Goldman, CPPIB as time pressure mounts

The London-listed private equity investor, the target of a £1bn unsolicited bid from HarbourVest, said it is in ‘detailed’ talks with the Goldman group just four days before HarbourVest’s first close deadline.

1 min read · 03 October 2016

SVG: In ‘detailed’ talks with unnamed parties

In its defence document published Thursday, the London-listed private equity investor repeated its recommendation that shareholders reject HarbourVest’s 650p-a-share offer.

2 min read · 29 September 2016

Who might be a white knight for SVG?

PEI weighs up the possibilities, using sister title <span class="ITALIC">Secondaries Investor</span>’s SI 30, a ranking of the world’s top secondaries firms by capital raised in the past five years, as a starting point.

6 min read · 28 September 2016

Goldman picks up Partners’ €800m portfolio

The investment bank has agreed to acquire stakes held in Partners’ 2007-vintage secondaries fund in a deal expected to close by the end of September.

1 min read · 20 September 2016

SVG fends off HarbourVest bid with NAV uplift - update

The London-listed private equity investor urged shareholders to take no action on HarbourVest’s £1bn bid, saying the 650p-a-share final offer ‘undervalues the company’.

5 min read · 16 September 2016

Coller eyes 6.5x return from SVG

Coller bought 50m shares in the listed private equity investor at 100 pence a share in the depths of the financial crisis, and would receive 650 pence a share if an unsolicited bid for SVG Capital succeeds.

2 min read · 12 September 2016

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