Private Equity

Western Europe

Electra serves up second VCT

The London-based private equity house has launched Electra Kingsway VCT 2, a generalist trust aiming to raise £40m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Cash back to Sovereign LPs

Sovereign Capital has refinanced two portfolio companies in order to return capital to limited partners.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

US ’Hispanic’ fund raises $290m

New York private equity firm Palladium Equity has garnered its largest commitment from Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, will invest in US companies linked to the Hispanic community.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Blackstone Group acquires Cine-UK

US private equity firm Blackstone Group has acquired Cine-UK, the British cinema chain, in a deal thought to be worth around £120m.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Candover buys sports company for €465m

Nordic private equity firm EQT has sold Swedish sports utility transportation company Thule AB to Candover.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Competitive tensions

There is no shortage of players in the French buyout market, which has been a popular destination for institutional investors in recent years.With corporates starting to re-emerge as potential bid rivals to private equity firms, auctions are getting crowded. Andy Thomson took the Eurostar to Paris

7 min read · 30 December 2012

Asia

10 min read · 30 December 2012

WHO IS WHO

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Americas

10 min read · 30 December 2012

Partners opens in Singapore, launches Asia fund

The Swiss alternative investment specialist has dispatched partner Christoph Rubeli to Singapore to oversee the firm’s expansion in Asia.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

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