Private Equity
The employee pension of Spain’s second largest bank will start investing 5 percent of its €2.1bn pension fund in alternative assets.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Biotechnology and life sciences companies require significant investment capital, and multi-million dollar investment rounds have recently grabbed headlines. But depending on the technologies being developed, the underlying research can be more or less expensive, providing many types of opportunities for investors. David Rapp spoke with leading biotech investors to learn more.
6 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm is helping the corporate owner of Johnson Clothing deleverage, as it attempts to reap returns for a second time from the company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
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2 min read · 04 January 2013
The former chief executive of UK motoring group AA Tim Parker has joined the European buyout firm, where he has worked on two highly profitable deals earning him the nickname “the Prince of Darkness”.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm secures its third deal since the credit crisis engulfed the buyout industry, taking its deals' total enterprise value to £250 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The secondary sale to Bowmark Capital came after August Equity made eight acquisitions for Healthcare Homes over two and a half years. Bowmark intends to continue the buy-and-build strategy.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The appointment by the French bank, which oversaw the development of independent buyout firms like Banexi and PAI Partners, signals a renewed emphasis on the asset class.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone chairman and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman has spoken out in the industry’s defence, championing private equity as “a force for good”.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
