Private Equity
US buyout firm TPG is considering a bid for cable broadband company Virgin Media. It is also lining up its first Russian deal.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The pair have forged an unusual private equity, property firm partnership to buy a listed Channel Islands group that controls five separate consumer and leisure businesses.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Thomas H Lee Partners plans to seek $245 million in damages from the law firm that represented its former portfolio company, Refco, which was discovered to have committed massive balance sheet fraud in 2005.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Paul Wilson has resigned from his position as a director at Sydney-based buyout firm CHAMP Private Equity.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly approaching a close for its ’side-car’ fund to bolster last year’s €6 billion fundraising, which was quickly outstripped by rival mega-funds.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm TPG is considering a bid for cable broadband company Virgin Media. It is also lining up its first Russian deal.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The hotly contested auction for cable company Virgin Media may be facilitated by shareholder Sir Richard Branson, while the number of reportedly interested bidders continues to increase.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
IQ Capital, a UK government-backed venture fund, has made a third investment since its launch last year, backing mobile telecoms business OnRelay.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A $105 million, New Jersey-focussed venture fund has been established by the state’s investment division along with US investment bank Lehman Brothers.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The European arm of American Capital has teamed with Axa Private Equity in French fabric care supplier Eau Ecarlate’s buy-and build.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
