Benchmark Capital, the global early stage technology venture investor, has appointed Swedish entrepreneur Johan Brenner as a general partner at its London office.
The Miami private equity firm has agreed to take private a telecommunications company that provides security-enhanced services to correctional facilities.
Washington, DC-based Arlington Capital Partners has added on a US Navy contractor to its information technology services platform.
HSBC has appointed a European head for its newly-launched dedicated financial sponsors unit, hiring former Lazard’s London-based head of financial sponsors Matteo Canonaco.
Loren Boston, head of Citigroup’s private equity fund placement division, is leaving the firm while Patrick Dunleavy and Doug Blagdon prepare to take over.
Close Brothers Private Equity has sold European Golf Brands, the UK golf trolley manufacturer, in a £26m secondary buyout to Graphite Capital.
Private equity firm Apax Partners has appointed Michael Ward, the former chief executive of UK pharmacy chain Lloyds Chemists, as a partner in its London office.
In a reversal of recent trends, the UK private equity market appears poised for a significant increase of IPOs at the same time as public-to-privates lose popularity.
In its first deal, New York-based Protostar Equity Partners has agreed to buy CIT Group’s portfolio of direct private equity investments.
Enterprise Inns has confirmed that it plans to exercise its call option to acquire the remaining stake in the Unique Pub Company for £609m from Cinven.