Private Equity
The Swiss private equity and hedge fund advisory group has garnered a €1.4 billion market capitalisation on its first day as a publicly traded company.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
UK technology innovation firm Cambridge Consultants has re-launched its spinout operation and has plans to partner with venture capitalists. Robert Venes reports.
3 min read · 31 December 2012
Linklaters partner Charlie Jacobs will take responsibility for the firm’s London private equity practice following the departure of global private equity head Graham White and partner Raymond McKeeve.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
A relative newcomer to the European mid-market, GermanCapital agreed its second deal last week. Robert Venes examines its short history to date.
3 min read · 31 December 2012
London-based private equity firm Exponent Private Equity has made its second investment with the purchase of Durrants Media Monitoring.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The independent private equity arm of Germany’s Buchanan Capital Group has launched a €150m private equity fund aimed at growing family-run companies.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is poised to become the single largest shareholder in Standard Chartered following an agreement to acquire an 11.55 percent stake in the UK bank which has a strong Asian franchise.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based mid-market investor has sold equipment supplier Hydrex to Quilvest and the Shoaibi Group for £106m.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
The profile of senior secured debt continues to increase in Europe and the UK as private equity firms target distressed opportunities. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based division of Cazenove Capital Management is to spin out from its parent and form a new group through a merger with Prelude Ventures later this year.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
