Private Equity
The Oregon Investment Council made $950m in commitments to Blackstone, Apollo and Lone Star as it continues to be one of the most significant limited partners in the industry.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The sale of the IT provider Civica for £390m to OMERS Private Equity marks the sixth exit for the London-listed firm this year and will generate a 2.1x return.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The China-Europe cross-border firm intends to include Germany in its investment scope as it raises Fund II.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
Following the secondary transaction, which arose from discussions between Bridgepoint and Eurazeo, Bridgepoint’s €4.84bn Europe Fund IV will be more than 75% deployed.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
As the level of dry powder in India rebalances, some LPs are going against conventional wisdom and recommitting capital to the country.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The sale of Uganda’s fifth largest bank, which started as a DFI to become a fully-fledged corporate and retail lender, values the company at nearly $100m.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The C$14.7bn pension has plans to grow its private equity allocation from 4.5% to 15% during the next few years.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The binding offer by BC Partners values the animal tags business at more than $1.3bn, completing an auction process that had attracted interests from a long list of private equity firms.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Asian firms are increasingly prominent on our list of the biggest firms in the business – but some traditional private equity strongholds are losing out as a result.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Alberta-based pension system, which aims to shift all its private equity activity to direct investments, is the latest Canadian pension to set up shop in the UK.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
