Private Equity
UK SME bosses are optimistic about the immediate future of their businesses – although this doesn’t necessarily spell good news for the UK economy as a whole, according to a recent survey.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
European alternatives manager AXA Private Equity has continued its deal spree this year, following a swathe of secondaries deals and buyouts with a growth capital investment in Facebook marketing agency KRDS.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The European arm of HIG Capital’s recent acquisition of The Losberger Group was its eleventh deal this year – and it remains bullish about the current market.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The commitments to Blackstone, Kohlberg & Company and Oak Hill are the first from the $13.8bn retirement system since allocating $375m to private equity in FY 2012.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Guy Hands' firm has begun another round of legal proceedings over former portfolio company EMI, petitioning the UK courts to grant it access to documents held by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
More than 60% of capital deployed globally by private equity firms was invested in North American companies last year, a report by The Private Equity Growth Capital Council has found.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Switzerland's attempts to help its exporters by promising to cap the value of the franc could have negative consequences for private equity firms operating in the eurozone.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Partners Group, the Switzerland-based private markets investment manager, has continued its international expansion with the launch of a new office in Paris. The firm now has 15 offices in total around the world.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
State-backed lender Royal Bank of Scotland has promoted Richard Roach (pictured) to managing director of its UK financial sponsors team.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The Spanish fund of funds manager, which is targeting €250m for its fifth fund of funds, has opened a new office in Santiago, Chile.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
