Private Equity
The London-listed private equity investor, the target of a £1bn unsolicited bid from HarbourVest, said it is in ‘detailed’ talks with the Goldman group just four days before HarbourVest’s first close deadline.
1 min read · 03 October 2016
Dushy Sivanithy, who spent 10 years at fund of funds Pantheon, joins the placement agent and advisor from UK development finance institution CDC Group.
3 min read · 30 September 2016
In its defence document published Thursday, the London-listed private equity investor repeated its recommendation that shareholders reject HarbourVest’s 650p-a-share offer.
2 min read · 29 September 2016
PEI weighs up the possibilities, using sister title <span class="ITALIC">Secondaries Investor</span>’s SI 30, a ranking of the world’s top secondaries firms by capital raised in the past five years, as a starting point.
6 min read · 28 September 2016
Equita Fund V, which focuses on small and mid-cap companies in German-speaking Europe, has raised almost half its €400m target so far.
2 min read · 26 September 2016
The banking group’s Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities unit has also hired three staff this year including a secondaries executive from BEX Capital.
1 min read · 23 September 2016
The firm has collected about half its target of €400m for its third fund, Swan III.
1 min read · 20 September 2016
The investment bank has agreed to acquire stakes held in Partners’ 2007-vintage secondaries fund in a deal expected to close by the end of September.
1 min read · 20 September 2016
The London-listed private equity investor urged shareholders to take no action on HarbourVest’s £1bn bid, saying the 650p-a-share final offer ‘undervalues the company’.
5 min read · 16 September 2016
Listed private equity funds look like tempting targets for secondaries firms, but don’t expect a wave of consolidation.
3 min read · 16 September 2016
