Private Equity
Mid-market transactions rose significantly last year, accounting for almost one-third of all European buyout activity.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
In the year’s biggest US private equity deal, KKR has agreed to buy PanAmSat from its majority stakeholder, DirectTV Group.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Pan-European private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital has announced the appointment of Alan Milburn, Sir George Mathewson and Penny Hughes to a new advisory committee.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
PwC Corporate Finance has appointed Chris Hemmings to succeed Peter Jacobs as head of its European private equity team.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CAM Private Equity, the German funds of funds manager, has appointed three new professionals to its investment and business development teams.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The US private equity firm has appointed Sir Alec Broers to advise on the firm’s investment activities in the information and communication technology sector.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
TDR Capital, the private equity firm set up by former DB Capital executives Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson, has announced a final closing “in excess of” its €500m target.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Schroders Ventures International Investment Trust has announced a final close of its second fund of funds, raising €285m, exceeding its target of €250m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
AXA Private Equity’s secondary unit has achieved its fundraising target for its Fund of Funds II, which has closed on €250m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
PEO's North American Private Equity Personality of the Year 2003 Award goes to David Bonderman of Texas Pacific.
3 min read · 30 December 2012