Private Equity
Despite eurozone fears, private equity investment in Europe is up 33 percent compared to last year, according to CMBOR.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The UK-listed firm has hired leveraged finance veteran Rob Reynolds to lead its credit-focused fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The private equity firms will invest $50m each in Amalgamated Bank for a shared 40% stake in its common stock.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Cleantech-focused BeCapital has closed its first fund, whose strategy goes beyond that of other cleantech firms, says CEO Alexandre Schmitz.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Silver Lake, DST, Temasek and Yunfeng Capital have provided the capital for a 'liquidity programme', allowing employees in China's largest e-commerce company to cash out some shares.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The UK Labour leader is stirring his base with an attack on private equity as 'asset strippers', though his political rhetoric may be difficult to translate into Labour policy.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The placement agent subsidiary of The Blackstone Group has hired former Credit Suisse and Partners Group capital raiser, Jan-Christoph Klein.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The San Francisco-based firm has jumped on the healthcare bandwagon with its $320m acquisition of Sage’s healthcare services division.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The fund, which has a target of $200m, is eyeing a first close of $75m later this year.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Permira, for the first time, will include two kibbutzim, traditional agricultural communities in Israel, as co-investors on an investment in a farming technology company.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
