Private Equity
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
Despite the region’s economic challenges, Africa remains one of the world’s most promising growth opportunities for private equity funds that have the right strategies, say The Boston Consulting Group’s Patrick Dupoux, Marc Becker and Seddik El Fihri.
4 min read · 07 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
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
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
A shareholder in the company since July 2014, the Hong Kong-based private equity firm bought TA Associates’s majority stake as it looks to expand the brand in Asia and across the globe.
2 min read · 03 October 2016
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
EQT and Palamon Capital 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
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
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
