Private Equity
US private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson is increasing its European presence, both in its portfolio and its investor base. Robert Venes talks to managing director and co-CEO Jeffrey Stevenson.
3 min read · 31 December 2012
Thomas H. Lee Partners, the Boston private equity firm that suffered a significant loss on its investment in broker Refco, has won as much as $100m in a settlement with an Austrian bank.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-headquartered private equity firm said it has returned a total of £50.1m to investors following the sale of UK travel operator Travelsphere to Electra Partners Europe.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The US and UK alternative asset management firm has raised over €1bn for its second mezzanine fund focusing on transactions in Europe.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Mid-market European private equity firm Waterland Private Equity has closed its third vehicle on €400m, more than double the size of its 2004-vintage predecessor.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
New York-based Spire Capital has formed Ariston Global Partners, a new platform which will acquire communications services companies.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Prosecutors in Seoul have indicted the head of Warburg Pincus in Korea on charges of insider trading in LG Card, an investment from which the private equity firm exited in 2003.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The US-based private equity firm has had a £182.2m offer for UK ice cream maker Richmond Foods accepted by the company’s board of directors.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
UK turnaround specialist Rutland Partners has sold power station owner Carron Energy to a Deutsche Bank-backed company for £125m.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
London-based West Private Equity is to change its name to Lyceum Capital following WestLB’s sale of its commitments in the firm’s debut fund to AlpInvest Partners and AXA Private Equity.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
