Better Capital

Better Capital’s Tom Wright was found ‘not guilty’ for failing to report redundancies before the collapse of struggling portfolio company City Link last year.

The 2009 Cell has lost over ten percent of its value in the last year thanks to underperformance in the portfolio

The listed firm has taken a big loss on Reader's Digest - and two of its other big deals are also struggling.

The Jon Moulton-led firm and National Pensions Reserve Fund of Ireland have earmarked €100m for Irish turnarounds.

The turnaround specialist is to invest £40m in the courier company, whose fortunes are said to be slowly recovering after five years of significant losses.

The Jon Moulton-led firm, whose Fund II is two-thirds committed, is planning to issue new shares in the coming months.

The firm, which plans to top its Fund II with £250m over the next few weeks, has distributed £26.5m from its first vehicle back to investors since the beginning of the year.

Richard Favier, former head of restructuring at the UK’s Pension Protection Fund, will help the Jon Moulton-led firm deal with pension deficits at portfolio companies.

Devlin, a prolific commentator and prominent lawyer in the private equity industry, has advised some of the market's biggest players on secondaries, M&A and co-investment deals.

Not signed up for our Women in Private Markets Summit yet? It starts tomorrow. In the meantime, we have briefings on the US election, a Partners Group-UBS tie-up and more.

Scoops today on placement agent movers; CalPERS's bold allocation manoeuvers; Warburg Pincus and Adams Street spawn new firms; and curious goings on at Malaysia's PNB. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

ILPA's expanded sub credit lines guidance shines a light on illiquidity blindspots; plus Adams Street Partners' fundraising update and GIIN's latest survey. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Vehicles such as HarbourVest Global Private Equity, Pantheon International and Neuberger Berman Private Equity Partners are trading at discounts as wide as 43%.

New Jersey has jacked up its PE allocation, while GPs are looking to jack up their investment capabilities. Here’s today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The challenge of getting individual investors into the asset class is spurring plenty of innovation, yet the simplest solution – listed private equity – appears to be losing its shine.

Rob Freer and Andrew Skinner will lead the Northern England-focused private equity firm’s new Birmingham office, which will target the East and West Midlands.