Asia Monitor Chartered for growth Assets owned by Temasek, the giant government-controlled holding company, account for over 20 per cent of Singapore’s stock market. Last month’s sale by Singapore Telecom, which is part-owned by Temasek, of its yellow pages business to financial investors was a sign that some of these assets may soon be in […]
Monitor America Push the peanut Sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts are in vogue – and to many investors, a cause for concern. Are private equity firms buying from other private equity firms doing the right thing? David Snow looks at the arguments. These must be tough times in the private equity market because GPs are spending a lot […]
Europe Monitor Viennese Whirl At EVCA’s 20th anniversary annual meeting in June, a panel of leading private equity practitioners took a view on what lies ahead for Europe’s large-cap buyout industry. If you ever need evidence as to how an industry is faring, then a quick check of the industry association barometer usually helps. Whilst […]
Electra Partners has paid E112m for three French units of Rexel, supported by a E16m vendor loan from parent-company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute.
The London-based buyout firm, which has so far raised E2.4bn for CCP VII, will continue to market the fund throughout the summer.
Schroders has announced the launch of a second fund of funds, the follow-up to the firm’s debut vehicle which closed last June on E242m.
The UK-listed firm has increased its fifth venture capital trust to £22m in commitments, a year after an initial closing on £18.6m.
The private equity management group has completed its second deal in a week with the acquisition of an 85 per cent stake in Souriau, the French connectors business.
The US merchant bank has again joined forces with the UK private equity firm to acquire six European directories businesses.
A recent change of direction in the ongoing debate of the Basel Committe on capital adequacy is good news for UK-based private equity fund managers. Comment from SJ Berwin.