Private Equity
The private equity firm has secured financing from Goldman’s corporate lending arm and its blockbuster mezzanine fund in order to purchase publicly-traded child care and education company Bright Horizons Family Solutions.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European mid-market firm Bridgepoint has sold Alliance Medical to Dubai International Capital, as the investment firm continues a flurry of acquisitions.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European mid-market firm Bridgepoint is beginning discussions with investors for its fourth fund, targeting a 45 percent increase on its 2005 fund Bridgepoint Europe III.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Nordic head Kurt Björklund and his US counterpart Tom Lister are to be appointed co-managing partners in response to the firm's dramatic growth over the last decade which has seen it grow from €2 billion under management to €22 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said he will close any tax loophole private equity enjoys, as the clearest sign so far that the UK government intends to change the carried interest tax relief enjoyed by buyout executives.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling has conceded his planned capital gains tax increase is 'controversial' and said he plans to publish final proposals in three weeks’ time.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Two Macquarie funds are set to invest an undisclosed amount in Universal Weather and Aviation, a Texas-based service provider to the business aviation industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Chris Casciato, former partner in Goldman Sachs’ Financial Institutions Group, will source and execute deals for the New York firm’s current $850 million fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A survey of large buyouts in the US and Europe supports the private equity industry's claims of portfolio company out-performance.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US restructuring specialist WL Ross has reportedly offered $435 million for the loan servicing division of bankrupt lender American Home Mortgage.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
