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  • Vitruvian raises 1bn for Fund II
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 5 December 2013

    The London-based firm closed on its hard-cap after just three months in market.

  • EMERAM makes debut investment
    PEI Staff- 29 November 2013

    The German Riverside spin-out has made the first investment from its maiden fund, which has a €350m target.

  • Apax opens in Brazil
    PEI Staff- 27 November 2013

    The London-based firm has established a team of five deal makers to source investments in the region.

  • APAX buys French snack company
    Clare Burrows- 22 November 2013

    The deal is a secondary buyout agreement with IK Investment Partners.

  • Hellman in €1.5bn online deal
    Drew Wilson- 22 November 2013

    The US-based PE firm will buy online marketplace Scout24 from Deutsche Telekom.

  • Study: PE image problem critical
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 7 November 2013

    As private equity attracts more critical attention, it must do a better job of highlighting its positive impact on the wider economy to avoid further regulation, an Investec study suggests.

  • Apax plots €1bn more investments from Euro Fund VII
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 23 October 2013

    The London-based firm hopes to secure a 12-month extension for its seventh fund with a view to investing €1bn made up from recycled capital and reserves.

  • Promethean holds first close on £19m
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 9 October 2013

    The Sir Peter Burt-led firm, which aims to collect £150m for distressed and special situations in the UK lower mid-market, hopes to wrap up fundraising by the end of the first quarter of 2014.

  • Cohen: Social investing could be its own asset class
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 21 September 2013

    As LPs get comfortable with the potential for social investing, they are more likely to focus money and resources on the strategy, said Sir Ronald Cohen at a responsible investing conference this week.

  • Firms stay busy during holiday ‘break’
    Matthieu Favas- 21 September 2013

    There was no rest for several firms during the holidays that spent the allegedly ‘slow’ final week of the year closing landmark acquisitions and exits.