Private Equity
The firm has lost a group of executives in recent months, including Montagu's head of investment activity in Germany Peter Kroha and industry veteran Alex Shinder, who spent 20 years at the firm.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
Polaris Private Equity’s managing partner Jan Kühl talks to PEI about the investment climate in Scandinavia.
4 min read · 23 January 2014
The $12.4bn retirement system has a 5% target allocation to private equity and $170m for the asset class in 2013.
1 min read · 23 January 2014
The slowdown in Brazil’s economic growth – and a possible over-supply of capital – has led some to question whether the country is still a viable destination for private equity investment, writes Sam Sutton
7 min read · 23 January 2014
The Carlyle Group is considering opening an office in Jakarta to improve access to Southeast Asian markets, says COO Glenn Youngkin.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
The exit from the UK restaurant chain is 3i’s third of 2013, as the London-listed group aims to improve its disposal activity compared with last year.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
NB Strategic Co-Investment Partners Fund II has completed nine transactions, investing roughly $185m alongside private equity fund managers.
1 min read · 23 January 2014
3i has teamed with Neuberger Berman and Siguler Guff to acquire Brazilian eyeglass retailer Óticas Carol in a R$108m deal.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
Some in the industry are sceptical that Silver Lake can generate a private equity-style return in a typical private equity timeframe with a company as challenged as Dell.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
3i continues to shed staff and sell assets, and has given up on the idea of raising another buyout fund any time soon. These are anxious times for one of the UK’s oldest and best-known private equity groups
2 min read · 23 January 2014
