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Study: PE firms adjusting to ESGLPs are becoming increasingly vocal about the development of environmental and social governance programmes, and a recent BVCA report indicates that fund managers are listening.
- Study: ESG offers competitive advantage
Private equity firms need to address ESG issues to create maximum value within their portfolios and meet LP expectations, a study by Doughty Hanson, the WWF and PwC has found.
- Miliband’s words ‘an empty threat’
The UK Labour leader is stirring his base with an attack on private equity as 'asset strippers', though his political rhetoric may be difficult to translate into Labour policy.
- Doughty Hanson promotes six
UK private equity house Doughty Hanson has promoted six of its investment team as part of a drive to develop talent in-house.
- Providence offloads Phones 4u
BC Partners is understood to have paid up to £700m for the mobile phone retailer, in what will probably be the penultimate investment from its 2005 fund.
- Private equity’s new champion
Mark Florman’s focus is shifting from Africa to the BVCA
- Mark Florman takes helm of BVCA
Having spent 2010 working to launch an Africa-focused fund, the former Doughty Hanson principal will succeed Simon Walker at the BVCA.
- Realisation of former BOSIF portfolio begins
Cavendish Square Partners, the Coller-backed owner of the former Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance private equity portfolio, has begun divesting its assets with the £450m sale of Vue Cinemas to London-based Doughty Hanson.
- Doughty realises Fund II with €1.7bn exit
The European firm’s now fully-realised second fund has given LPs a 2.7x return.
- Doughty Hanson parts with Nordic head
Rikard Brattberger, a Stockholm-based principal, has stepped up to take responsibility for private equity activity in the region.