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Truell consortium flips Threshers to VisionA consortium led by Edmund Truell has sold the operating businesses of UK retailers Threshers and BrightHouse to secondaries specialist Vision Capital, just two weeks after buying them. The £265 million sale will leave the consortium in control of the companies’ pension fund assets.
- Greenpark biggest fund yet shows investor appetite
Following on the heels of French insurance giant AXA, which also closed its latest $2.9bn secondaries fund today, Greenpark Capital, an independent firm, finished its fundraising on €730m, underlining the boom in secondaries.
- AXA closes its biggest ever secondaries fund
European investment group AXA Private Equity has closed a $2.9 billion global secondaries fund. The fund is almost three times bigger than its previous offering, and will look to complete up to 18 deals over the next three years.
- Coller launches intellectual property platform
The private equity secondaries specialist has partially revealed its plans to begin acquiring patents and other forms of intellectual property.
- More money, more problems
New research from Coller Capital shows that private equity investors are still keen to increase their allocations to the asset class, on the back of record returns. But with more money pouring into the asset class, concerns are growing that these returns may start to drop. PEO asked chief executive Jeremy Coller how LPs can avoid the pitfalls.
- Forbion strengthens investor base
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital, the principal backer of Forbion Capital Partners’ spin-out from ABN AMRO Capital, has moved to diversify the firm’s investor base by selling part of its stake to seven leading private equity investor groups.
- Coller raises biggest ever secondaries fund(2)
UK-based Coller Capital has closed a $4.5 billion secondaries fund, the biggest ever raised. The fund was nonetheless substantially over-subscribed.
- PAI looks to step up fundraising(2)
Last week’s €12.8bn bid for tobacco group Altadis was a declaration of intent by French firm PAI to join the mega fund elite. Its latest fundraising will reportedly target up to €7bn.
- Forbion strengthens investor base(2)
Secondaries specialist Coller Capital, the principal backer of Forbion Capital Partners’ spin-out from ABN AMRO Capital, has moved to diversify the firm’s investor base by selling part of its stake to seven leading private equity investor groups.
- Coller buys into Shell venture fund(2)
UK-based secondaries specialist Coller Capital has bought a 45 percent stake in a new independent venture fund launched by Shell, which will develop non-proprietary technologies.