Private Equity
Investcorp has become the latest firm to take cost-cutting measures as it plans to lose 90 staff. Earlier this week the firm invested in UK debt management company TDX Group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The head of Macquarie Fund Management's private equity fund of funds business has quit the firm after eight years, and is to lead KKR's IR activities in Australia.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Zurich-based private equity firm has exceeded its target of CHF 200m to invest in European management buyouts.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Lord Drayson, the minister for science and innovation, is pushing through plans for the fund of funds, which is likely to comprise a 50-50 mix of government and private sector money. The vehicle will aim to plug the equity gap for UK early stage venture.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Close Brothers Group will not commit to the newly independent firm CBPE Capital’s next fund, which will raise around £500m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The deal will be the largest yet for the infrastructure heavyweight and its first in the toll road sector after its consortium's $12.8bn bid for the Pennsylvania Turnpike expired in September.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The listed buyout firm is will eliminate 100 jobs, mostly in back-office functions such as human resources and marketing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The French mid-market firm will pay €20m for Jet Multimedia’s consumer facing arm in its second acquisition in the last two months.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Restructuring specialists have been called in to help Orchid, a pub and restaurant chain with nearly 300 UK locations. Since GI Partners paid £571m for the company in 2006, trading conditions for the UK pub sector have significantly worsened.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global buyout firm will eliminate 100 jobs and close its Menlo Park office to adjust to the contractions in global financial markets. It recently closed its Warsaw office and eliminated its Asian leveraged finance team.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
