Private Equity
Unlike its predecessor fund, DB Secondary Opportunities Fund II targeted US investors, which make up 40% of the fund commitments.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Blackstone has hired longtime Spanish private equity professional Inaki Echave as a managing director for its Iberian team.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The firm has purchased five fund stakes from a bank just a week after purchasing a £160m portfolio of assets from UBM’s data services division.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The London-based firm, created in 2010 as a principal investor, hopes to tap the growing global appetite for health and nutrition products.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The mid-market firm has completed two investments from the fund, bringing it to roughly 20% invested.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
After withdrawing its beef lasagne products on Monday, it has been confirmed that the products from Findus Group, one of Lion’s portfolio companies, contain horse meat.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Montagu Private Equity has made 3x on the sale of ghd – maker of flat irons and hair dryers – to Lion Capital.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The London-based firm will concentrate its efforts on its core private equity business.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Vikram Uttam Singh has left the firm, to be succeeded by current head of transaction services Vikram Hosangady.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Singapore has inked a double tax agreement with the European fund domicile in an attempt to pull in more Asian private equity funds.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
