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Lloyds promotes six in leveraged finance groupLloyds Bank has promoted six professionals in four of its European offices, including former senior director Mark Craig, now a managing director in London.
- Friday Letter Tsunami warning
Is it just us, or does anyone else sense that the long-delayed secondaries deal wave is finally on its way?
- Opportunistic Electra buys up debt positions
Electra Partners has acquired a £30m portfolio of debt instruments from an unnamed international bank, as firms with flexible strategies look for deal exposure using means other than straight equity.
- Secondaries Special: Buying from the banks
Banks are finally starting to offload their private equity holdings – but what are the main obstacles secondaries players must overcome to get a deal done? Graham Winfrey reports
- LDC invests £20m in UK restaurant sector
The in-house private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has allocated £20m to Hill Capital Partners, which invests in UK-based bars and restaurants.
- Electra finds exits and narrows NAV discount
The UK-listed firm has benefited from banks reducing allocations to private equity by offloading fund positions and debt, says chief investment partner Alex Fortescue.
- Coller loses senior executive in New York
Partner Jonathan Gutstein was one of the top executives in Coller Capital's New York office.
- Lloyds is latest bank to mull PE sale
Lloyds Banking Group, part-owned by the UK state, is mulling the sale of about €500m of private equity fund stakes as it follows other lenders in divesting non-core assets.
- LDC and 3i alumni join BGF team
The Business Growth Fund has added three new members to its Birmingham investment team, the latest in a slew of hires that have taken its headcount past 50.
- Rothschild FoF spins out
Updated risk-based capital holding requirements have spurred the French family banking group to offload its private equity fund of funds business to management, led by David Seligman.