Private Equity
Corsair Capital, the financial services supergroup spinning out of JP Morgan, has added a new star partner - Richard Thornburgh, an executive vice chairman at Credit Suisse First Boston.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Even in a mature private equity market, there will always be winning managers. Finding them is the all-important challenge, writes Peter Brook.
5 min read · 30 December 2012
Japanese private equity expert Simon Chadwick has been hired to strengthen the placement agent’s London office.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Nmás1 Private Equity, the Madrid-based private equity firm, has completed its largest-ever investment through the buyout of Bodybell, a Spanish perfumery retail chain.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Having missed out on South Staffordshire Water, the investment firm run by Guy Hands has agreed to acquire publicly listed East Surrey Holdings for £453m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Dutch lower midmarket firm has backed the spin out of the payment processing company from mail company TNT.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Munich office of the US-based private equity firm has acquired Richter Chemie-Technik from its US parent.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The board of Hit Entertainment, a UK media production company, is in support of a 300p per share cash offer from Apax Partners.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The French private equity firm has acquired a 20 percent stake in Banca Leonardo.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Silicon Valley veteran Draper Fisher Jurvetson has announced the first ever DFJ Venture Challenge, a business plan competition for California university students that is promising the winner at least $250,000 in seed financing, one of the largest amounts ever for such a contest, writes Art Janik.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
