Private Equity
Barclay’s captive private equity unit - mulling a spin-out for well over a year - has trimmed its team as part of cost-cutting measures.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Commitments to the Pan-African private equity firm, led by managing partner Kofi Bucknor, came just shy of its $500m target.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investors agreed to acquire SkillSoft, which provides Internet-based training for companies and governments. The deal includes $605m of debt financing.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Lawmakers want the UK to fight the EU's proposed AIFM directive, arguing the rules would 'damage' the UK private equity industry.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Five people were killed and at least 12 others injured when a private equity-backed power plant exploded in Connecticut Sunday.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global private equity investor has changed hands for the second time in six years.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
In a wide-ranging 'state of the industry' speech, Terra Firma’s boss urged GPs and LPs to push back on ‘populist moves to regulate private equity’.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity investor network is seeking to take advantage of the power shift from West to East.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has capped off a lengthy restructuring process with the creation of two new roles, including installing Kit Tuke as head of debt.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Australian investor is said to be in talks with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to submit a joint bid for French firm EDF’s UK electricity network. Goldman Sachs and Lexicon Partners are reportedly advising the consortium on their bid.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
