Private Equity
Having reorganised its business activities and the way it incentivises its investment teams, 3i is not only holding on to its staff but luring them away from rivals. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The four-group shortlist for acquiring BBC Broadcast contains three private equity firms including Apax Partners, the group that employs former BBC director general Greg Dyke as an advisor.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Investcorp has agreed to take France-based parts distributor Autodistribution off the hands of Goldman Sachs, which gained control of the company after it went into receivership.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The emerging markets private equity investor will sell its 9.3% stake in Celtel as part of the trade sale to Kuwaiti mobile communications company MTC.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
An acrimonious split at New York middle-market firm Lincolnshire Management has led to poaching and lawsuits.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The $300m GCC Energy Fund has been launched by Standard Bank, Gulf International Bank and Emirates National Oil Company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Poor recent returns and more demanding investors: the less than ideal combination that European VCs on the fundraising trail often have to overcome. Do they have any friends left? You bet they do, reports Andy Thomson
4 min read · 30 December 2012
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
More than six months after Burlington Coat Factory announced it was looking at strategic alternatives, Bain Capital has agreed to acquire the apparel retailer for $2.06bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Capital Trust Group has launched a new vehicle dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa region with backing from the European Investment Bank.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
