Private Equity
The global private equity firm is well on its way to a target of $12 billion for its tenth fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The value of cancelled deals globally has broken the $200 billion mark in 2007, easily surpassing last year’s total.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European mid-market firms Palamon and Electra Private Equity as well as Morgan Stanley’s alternative investment arm have bought two high-risk credit cards from HSBC at a discount.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Asia push comes as the firm is looking to buy a 25 percent stake in UK insurance company Towergate.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm TPG Capital has abandoned its second bid for a national carrier this year, as the consortium it formed alongside UK airline British Airways has walked away from its bid for Spanish rival Iberia.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Sovereign Capital has sold healthcare business Complete Group making a 5.7 times return on its investment and an internal rate of return of 51 percent over five years after a bolt-on investment earlier this year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Octopus Private Equity and Foresight Group, the small and medium enterprise investors, have sold their controlling stakes in outsourcing company Covion Holdings with an 84 percent internal rate of return over two and a half years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Kaupthing Bank’s private equity arm has bought lifestyle data provider DLG and will pursue a buy and build strategy for the company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK bank is putting its recent takeover trials behind it to expand its UK operations into the regions and capture some of the healthy dealflow around the North West of England.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Taking advantage of a lull in criticism of the industry, the BVCA is moving on to the front foot in the debate about the industry’s contribution.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
