Eric Mallaroni and Fabio Sangiovanni on why Royal Bank of Scotland aims to be open for business regardless of whether times are good or bad.
3 min read · 11 January 2013
BPE backs the £270m MBO of Preferred Mortgages. It’s the second big deal involving a non-conforming mortgage lender in a week.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Back To Basics 2001-07-17 Staff Writer As the French say, plus ça change, plus ç’est la meme chose ('the more things change, the more they stay the same'). In 1988, when I wrote my first treatise on venture capital, I mentioned a phenomenon which had been apparent to me and other experienced players in this
5 min read · 11 January 2013
The European LBO pipeline is building up, warn bankers. Although LBOs made up 10 per cent of total deal volume in the first quarter, the reluctance of institutionals to embrace this type of deal is limiting liquidity. Euroweek reports.
6 min read · 11 January 2013
GE Capital has bought mortgage lender iGroup for £200m in cash. The deal comes 18 months after an iGroup’s MBO.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Andrew Matthews joins as a director of the firm’s UK Infrastructure Fund.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Mezzanine is becoming more and more common in LBO debt structures.
4 min read · 11 January 2013
Deals big and small from CVC, Providence, Carlyle, Barclays, Aberdeen Murray Johnstone, Quester and 3i.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Three groups are working on rival bids but Apax and Hicks Muse are still in front. Any deal will be one of Europe’s biggest ever LBOs.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at a proposal which would relax the rules governing who can buy and sell restricted securities including private equity
1 min read · 11 January 2013
