Private Equity
The UK-headquartered secondaries firm has wrapped up two years of fundraising for its fourth mid-market fund.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK lower mid-market firm has made two investments from its £225m maiden fund which closed on its hard-cap last week.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Southern European-focused firm collected the majority of capital for its Investindustrial V from Europe while the rest came from North America, Asia and Australia.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The takeover offer, deemed insufficient by the online gambling group, comes just after CVC sealed Germany’s largest buyout since 2008.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK firm has acquired a majority stake in the restaurant group founded by Terence Conran 20 years ago, in a deal valuing the business at £50m.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The investment in London's largest private taxi firm was the second deal Carlyle's €5.4bn Europe Partners III has made since it was granted an investment extension.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Blackstone co-founder has donated $100m to create an endowment at Beijing's Tsinghua University. Advisors including Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger and Christine Lagard have signed on to the initiative, which aims to raise $300m.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Professor of finance at London Business School, Francesca Cornelli, believes more academic research in Asia is required to show how GPs can generate the best returns.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Chinese investors continue to increase their offshore direct investments and will begin to target foreign private equity funds to diversify their portfolios, according to cross-border firm A Capital.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The firm reportedly beat out Carlyle, Eurazeo and Swire Pacific to acquire luxury fashion group SMCP from Paris-based L Capital and Florac.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
