Private Equity
Acquisitions by Eurazeo and HarbourVest are signs of long-awaited consolidation. Eurazeo's deal gives it access to the SME market, according to Virginie Morgon.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Buyout firm Montagu Private Equity's fundraising team led by Vince O'Brien has put the finishing touches to its latest capital raising effort, closing its fourth fund at its hard-cap of €2.5bn
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Full SEC registration can cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars. The good news is that there are ways around it, writes Alastair Breward of Amadeus Capital.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity firms are taking a keen interest in UK retail businesses despite warnings from the Bank of England over the fragile nature of consumer spending.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Some GPs aren’t doing everything in their power to minimise portfolio companies’ tax bills and exposure to tax risk, warns PwC tax partner Barry Murphy.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
A government-commissioned report has left UK banks in the dark over rules relating to private equity-led buyouts of small and medium-sized businesses.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Barclays Private Equity, currently in the process of disentangling itself from its UK banking parent, has become the latest private equity owner of special effects group The Mill
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $76bn pension’s previous alternatives consultants were Hamilton Lane for private equity and Townsend Group for real estate.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
UK private equity firm Duke Street Capital has restructured its business to better integrate its operating partners and has made two additions to its team
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Two private equity-backed IPOs this week have demonstrated that despite volatile public markets, it is possible to exit businesses via a flotation and still generate a return.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
