Private Equity
UK private equity funds have delivered much stronger returns to investors than the public markets in both the short and longer term, according to new research. Pan-European buyout funds have been the main driver of this outperformance.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Vision Capital, which specialises in buying portfolios of investments from other private equity firms, has recruited Andrew Hawkins from mid-market buyout firm Palamon Capital Partners as a managing director of the business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Hermes Private Equity has sold Walbrook Group to Barclays Bank with an IRR of around 35 percent and with a multiple of 3 times.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sandra Robertson, previously a senior investment professional at the Wellcome Trust, has been appointed as the first Chief Investment Officer of Oxford University. Oxford wants to utilise her experience in alternative asset investing to boost returns.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Beringea has backed the management buyout of TV and DVD maker Eagle Rock from European buyout firm Hg Capital – and it has led a £3 million investment in a UK data management company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Latest independent research from iPEIT shows benefit of investing in quoted private equity investment trusts as part of a balanced portfolio.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK firm ISIS Equity Partners has backed a management buyout of Williams Medical Supplies, which distributes drugs and equipment to primary care doctors. It plans to double the business’s turnover to more than £100 million within five years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
QUALCOMM Ventures has invested in French mobile software company Streamezzo, as venture capital firms attempt to find alternative ways of making profits from the mobile industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Although many financial planners still have very limited awareness of private equity investment trusts, increasing demand from retail investors and a concerted marketing push may be starting to turn the tide.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira, a buyout firm with various retail interests in Spain, is closing in on another big retail asset in the country. The firm is also reportedly mulling a bid for a UK IT services group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
