Private Equity
The £32.2m investment in the facilities management division of AIM-listed Johnson Service Group is the second deal of Lyceum’s third fund, which closed on £330m at the end of last year.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
After acquiring the company for about $2bn in 2007, Apax Partners will sell Hub International to its peer Hellman & Friedman.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The South Africa-based firm, which came to market in January, has raised its second fund in just six months, reaching its R2.7bn hard-cap.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The CapMan spin-out hoped to raise SEK 2bn for its debut buyout fund to target investments in Sweden, but has pulled its fundraising after failing to get traction in the market.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Mounting macroeconomic concerns are making deals harder to execute in Turkey – but easing competition may help bring down valuations, delegates heard at PEI’s Turkey Forum in Istanbul.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
Ashwin Roy left Citi Venture Capital International in early August to head the State General Reserve Fund of Oman’s private equity programme.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
Silicon Valley-headquartered Greylock Partners has used capital from 14 funds to invest in Facebook, Pandora, ZipCar and other online marketplaces and social networks.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Octopus-backed UK business, which provides electronic transaction processing for fund managers, has some high-powered new backers as it eyes overseas expansion.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The firm’s second fund has a $400m target and will have a wider financial services focus than its $135m debut vehicle.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Since July, the firm has invested a combined $460m in renewable energy businesses in Chile and Brazil.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
