Private Equity
As established private equity markets slow in the wake of the credit crunch, global firms are looking further afield and local emerging market managers know this is no flash in the pan, Nicholas Lockley writes.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK trade association has established two new sector committees that will operate under the BVCA umbrella organisation in a bid better to represent member firms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Sir Victor Blank, a prominent UK businessman, is returning to his private equity roots with a role as senior adviser to TPG, the global buyout firm.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Have you been good to your bankers? It may mean an easier life now, writes Nicholas Lockley.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK lower mid-market buyout firm Isis Equity Partners has bought Playforce, as the smaller buyout market keeps on swinging despite the credit crunch.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Phoenix Equity Partners has bought Abel & Cole, the organic box company in its sixth investment from the fund it raised last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As the chair of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, CalPERS’ Joncarlo Mark will focus on growing the organisation’s research and education platforms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
VSS has agreed to pay $185 million for direct marketing company TRANZACT, generating for its owner, Halyard Capital, a return of 12 times its investment and an 85 percent IRR.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
SVG Capital, the UK fund of funds, has hired James Witter (pictured) and Sharad Rathke as directors after making a trio of appointments last month.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
