Private Equity
The London-based fund of funds manager has added to its fund selection teams in London and Boston.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Oak Hill Capital Partners looks to round out its growing aerospace portfolio with the purchase of Firth Rixson.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The consortium led by UK billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s The Virgin Group has expanded its Northern Rock turnaround team, as expectant bidders await the results of a Goldman Sachs proposed financing solution.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK private equity contrarian Jon Moulton has personally funded a purpose-built private drug addiction treatment centre in Kent.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK leisure group Whitbread has bought Graphite Capital's Golden Tulip hotel franchise for £44 million, tripling the mid-market firm's return. The business has nine hotels under development.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Blackstone Group has taken a minority stake in a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Chemical Corporation, as it continues to build relations with the Chinese government.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
A survey has revealed lower mid-market buyout firms are widely appreciated by UK entrepreneurs despite the negative publicity the industry has received in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
PPM Capital’s spinout from Prudential will take place next quarter, after having been delayed for a year beyond market expectations.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Hawkpoint Partners has made three appointments in its German, debt advisory and media teams.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
