Private Equity
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
The pan-African firm is acquiring a 49% stake for $55m from AfricInvest and the founding family.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
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
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
Californian venture firm General Catalyst has led a $45M investment in genetic testing company Color Genomics, a round also supported by the singer Bono.
1 min read · 28 September 2016
The event-driven hedge fund has increased its long position in the London-listed private equity investor via contracts for difference, regulatory filings show.
2 min read · 28 September 2016
GPs are holding on to assets longer as they seek to balance out lower IRRs with higher cash multiple returns, said UBS’ Nestor Paz Galindo.
2 min read · 27 September 2016
The Europe-focused buyout firm has agreed to sell its remaining 35% stake in Moleskine, completing its final exit from the luxury notebook maker.
4 min read · 25 September 2016
SVG’s second-largest shareholder says it is ‘supportive of the SVG management’ as the UK private equity investor fends off an unsolicited bid from US rival HarbourVest. <br /><br />
2 min read · 21 September 2016
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
