HBoS, the UK bank, has restructured its acquisition finance and structured finance teams into one leveraged finance unit as it looks to expand its European operations.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Pension funds anticipate private equity returns over the next three years to be 38 percent lower than managers’ expectations. However, pension funds’ desire to invest in the asset class remains high.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A $3.5 billion distressed-for-control fund was recently closed by MHR Fund Management, the New York firm led by Carl Icahn’s former chief investment advisor Mark Rachesky. It is more than three times the size of the firm’s 2002 fund.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Isis Equity Partners, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has sold secure messaging company Boldon James to trade buyer Qinetiq, after securing contracts for the company with the UK Ministry of Defence and the UK Cabinet office.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
PrivateEquityOnline.com, in association with web broadcaster Cantos, is profiling young investment professionals at Europe's top firms. Find out more about Chris Busby, director, Bridgepoint.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Central and eastern European buyout firm Mid Europa Partners closed the largest-ever fund in the region on €1.53 billion, 40 percent oversubscribed.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Sentinel Capital Partners, unhampered by the credit crunch, is continuing a fast-paced year. This week the firm acquired one auto parts supplier and sold another.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Rivenrock Capital has bought Small World Toys out of bankruptcy in yet another distressed play amid tightening credit markets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Gresham, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has bought the West Cornwall Pasty company, banking on the Cornish snack’s durability in an economic downturn.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
INREV says the termination of ’first generation funds’ will release €49.5bn of real estate into the market in 2009 and 2010.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
