Private Equity
South Eastern European investment firm Marfin Investment Group has deployed much of the €5.2bn it raised from the public markets in June.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG's $800m pure equity stake in the country's biggest pharmaceutical distributor should allow the global buyout firm to tap into the fast-growing Russian market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK industry body the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is bowing to pressure to be more transparent. The BVCA’s chief executive Simon Walker said the self-regulatory proposals were tough but necessary.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
In spite of the credit crunch, the global mega funds took centre stage in the Private Equity International Awards 2007. Mid-market resilience also found favour with voters in the only truly democratic private equity awards.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Last Friday, Nicholas Lockley, editor of PEO, spoke about the battle for Northern Rock on two of the BBC's flagship radio breakfast programmes.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The New York Common Retirement Fund has taken a 51 percent stake in Shurgard, the European arm of US company Public Storage.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US buyout firm’s decision not to increase its £3.5bn bid has dimmed shareholder hopes for a deal as Friends Provident has said it will not open its books at this price.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Mid market firm LDC is buying a minority stake in GVA Grimley despite fears of a slowdown in UK commercial property.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm Apollo Management has secured UK property firm Countrywide with help from the hedge fund Polygon, after frantic eleventh hour negotiations which saw two consecutive revised bids from Apollo.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Google luminary Douglas Merrill has been recruited by Terra Firma to oversee EMI’s digital music strategy in a newly formed digital music division, as the UK buyout firm’s cost-cutting continues apace.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
