Private Equity
With the private equity industry embroiled by the controversy surrounding the US presidential election, PEGCC chief Steve Judge sees an opportunity to educate the media and public.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has offered to acquire German-coffee machine company WMF for €47 per share, a 24% premium on WMF’s 5 July closing price.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm, which has closed its tenth fund on $3.58bn, has a small allocation to explore opportunities in water resources and agriculture that tie back into its core strategies.
4 min read · 17 January 2013
Providence is investing in Home Shopping Europe from its sixth fund that closed on $12bn in 2007. AXA will retain a minority stake in the business.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
N+1 and Mercapital, two of the Spanish private equity industry’s most venerable firms, have merged to create a new manager that will hit the fundraising trail next year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The best way for the industry to get ahead of its critics is to highlight its ability to add operational value to portfolio companies. We've come up with something that we hope will help
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Private equity represents the second-largest segment within the alternative asset class behind real estate, according to a survey of the world’s top 100 alternatives managers - who together manage $3,136 billion.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
HgCapital has booked a 3.1x return following the sale of human resources company SHL, as it emerged the buyout group's chairman, Ian Armitage, will retire in November.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm’s purchase of listed healthcare services company MModal comes less than a week after the US Supreme Court upheld the healthcare reform law passed in 2010.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has agreed the sale of fashion brand Valentino to a Qatari investment group for about €700m, as it raises its fifth buyout fund, which is targeting €6.5bn and is yet to hold a first close.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
