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Apax, Saunders Karp to merge

The US arm of Apax Partners, the global private equity firm, and US middle-market veteran Saunders, Karp & Megrue will combine operations with John Megrue and Allan Karp at the helm.

3 min read · 30 December 2012

Irish state pension to commit €1bn to PE

The NPRF has announced plans to commit an 18 percent allocation to additional asset classes including private equity and real estate, but excluding hedge funds.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Nomura invests in UK health

The £15m deal is the first private equity investment in the Independent Sector Treatment Centres being introduced to supplement the UK's National Health Service (NHS).

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Actis, AIG Africa invest in Nigerian telecoms

The two emerging markets fund investors have paid $43m for a majority stake in a Nigerian fixed wireless operator.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Kelso backs $385m auto salvage deal

The New York private equity firm has agreed to acquire auto salvage company Insurance Auto Auctions for $385m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Pension shortfall deters one-third of UK VCs

One-third of UK mid-market private equity investors canvassed in a new survey said they would not invest in a company with a pensions deficit from a defined benefit scheme.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Apax given Woolworths ultimatum

The global buyout firm has been given a one-month deadline to decide whether to make a formal offer for the UK retail chain.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Breban quits Watson Wyatt

Senior consultant Stephen Breban is leaving the firm to found his own private equity consultancy firm.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Barclays back in fashion

Barclays Private Equity, the European mid-market firm, has acquired Phase Eight three months after its sale of Hobbs, another company in the UK women's fashion retail sector.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Charterhouse opens France office

Charterhouse Capital Partners has hired Xavier Thoumieux and Thierry Gisserot as founder partners of the firm’s first office in continental Europe.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

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