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Swedish GPs to launch code of conductPrivate equity groups in Sweden - who have attracted some bad press in recent years - are trying to improve their image via a self-imposed code of practice.
- Off offshore
In June, EQT said it was bringing its various funds onshore under a new holding company. But what’s the benefit? And could it be the first step towards a listing?
- EQT's and Goldman’s ISS appoints chairman
Sir Charles Allen, the former chairman of EMI and CEO of ITV, joins at a time when the Danish group's private equity owners are gearing the business up again for an IPO.
- EQT snaps up German photo gallery network
This is the third investment from EQT’s mid-market fund, which is currently in market attempting to raise $1 billion for cross-border expansion investments in Europe and Asia.
- Bridgepoint doubles money in healthcare exit
The firm will sell healthcare services company Terveystalo, which it acquired in 2009 for €312m, to EQT Partners.
- PEI Awards: Carlyle and Partners Group win big
The results are in: Carlyle and Partners Group claimed top prizes in multiple categories, with groups including Apollo, Landmark, Actis, Navis and EQT also proving themselves as standout players.
- Equistone reaps €1bn from Global Blue exit
The sale of travel payment services company Global Blue to Silver Lake Partners and Partners Group means Equistone has returned almost two-thirds of Fund III to investors after just eight exits.
- Friday Letter: How you feelin?
Stepping through the doors of London’s Hilton Metropole hotel for the opening day of the 2005 EVCA Symposium, one was met by the soothing strains of the kind of background music so typical of hotel foyers the world over. By the end of the day though, delegates may have been more in the mood for the pounding rhythms of “Feelin’ hot, hot, hot”.
- Friday Letter Public consolation
Debt market jitters continued to dominate the financial news this week, but the story from the equity markets seems a little more positive.
- Friday Letter Quiet rock stars
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos has been a sombre affair. Gloomy economic outlooks have dominated the discourse, while some titans of industry opted to stay home entirely, circumventing the headline risk associated with attending a fancy conference amid a global downturn.