Private Equity
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has made a co-investment of $10 million with GTI Group in GloriOil, a company formed by GTI in 2005 to commercialise a biotechnology that increases oil well efficiency.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The London-listed group has completed a management buyout of UK investment manager and financial advisor Bestinvest. It believes the prospects for organic growth are strong in a rapidly growing sector.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Mark Anson, one of the biggest names in alternative investment, has unexpectedly quit as chief executive of Hermes, the manager of BT’s pension fund assets, just 18 months after taking the job.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK mid-market buyout firm has completed its second deal this year, buying project management software business 4Projects.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Waterland Private Equity Investments and Prime Technology Ventures have sold GlobalCollect, an e-payment service provider, to General Atlantic for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Alchemy Partners is backing an £80 million buyout bid for UK-listed recruitment group Imprint. The company’s shares jumped 20 percent on the news.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Graphite Capital has invested in a £22 million management buyout of fitness business The Third Space Group.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK-based private equity group has lost 20-year veteran Jamie Paton, head of its Hong Kong office and the man charged with leading the firm’s investment activity in North Asia.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US bank Morgan Stanley has appointed Graham Keniston-Cooper European private equity head, as the buyout firm veteran returns a year after Lazard pulled the plug on his private equity unit.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK buyout firm ECI has bolted on underground wireless networking company Avitec to Aerial, as it looks to exit the combined company in six to 12 months.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
