Private Equity
Education-focused Apollo Global – a joint venture between two buyout giants – is preparing a £304m bid for BPP, a London-listed provider of professional education to the legal, accounting and finance industries.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Kuwait Finance House and Cyprus’ SFS Group have teamed to launch a $150m sharia-compliant private equity fund focused on shipping.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Dragon Capital, a Ukrainian investment banking group, is raising its first private equity vehicle. It hopes to raise in excess of $100m to target investments in the Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A proposed European directive differentiates between private equity and hedge funds, but has sparked concern among the European mid-market that managers and portfolio companies will be burdened with ‘costly and unwarranted’ reporting standards.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The chairman of Permira says he has never experienced such a ‘lack of clarity’ over the economic outlook and has warned investors that things may get worse before recovery. Megadeals will be replaced by smaller investments for 'a very long time', he says.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has hired Tom Kelly, a former KEMA Partners managing director, to head a new initiative providing fundraising services to a range of different businesses.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The alternative investment firm will close its third MENA-focused private equity fund 'in two weeks'. The fund will invest in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The listed British private equity investor has confirmed that it is considering a rights issue, following media reports that the firm is looking at raising up to £700m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The luxury yacht-maker will continue trading under the ownership of founder Norberto Ferretti and its lenders. Candover and Permira, who had until recently owned over 60% of the firm, are out.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based buyout house has emerged as the third bidder for ILFC. It is competing with two consortia of private equity bidders for the multi-billion dollar business.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
