Private Equity
Polymath and industry pioneer Lord Charles Cecil retired last month from Helix Associates, the firm he founded and sold to US investment bank Jefferies.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The public pension looks to alternatives to drive returns, ploughing $825m into private equity, real estate and hedge funds.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK-focussed buyout group has made its first investment, buying up handbag and accessories group TLG from the Lunan Brothers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US firm is making its third investment through its London office with the acquisition of Picsolve, which provides the systems that take photos of people on high-speed roller coasters around the world.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Advent International has purchased the UK healthcare group from LGV Capital after watching the company for 'over seven years'. LGV acquired the business for £200m from a Warburg Pincus-anchored group in 2001.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The London-based private equity firms are believed to have paid up to £100m for a stake in the British women’s clothes and shoe store, L K Bennett. The store founder, Linda Bennett, will remain a “substantial shareholder”.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
There has been a sharp fall in optimism among small and medium-sized business according to the latest Bowmark Entrepreneurs’ Index, underlining the uncertainty of the next six months.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US bank, which has a strong franchise in restructuring, has recruited Florus Plantenga to take its advisory offering to Europe’s private equity firms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK's Somerfield supermarket chain, acquired for £1.8bn in 2005 by an Apax- and Barclays-led consortium, has been sold on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The sale reportedly resulted in a 2x exit for the syndicate.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Hong Kong-listed telecommunications group has received 'a number of proposals' for its sale of a minority interest in a subsidiary. Private equity firms including TPG are reported to have bid.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
