Emboldened by another homerun in January, Index Ventures has added a new business line with a e400m growth capital fund.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe appears on the verge of a mezzanine revival.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
There are challenging times ahead for buyout groups in Europe – and not just for the mega-funds.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Exponent Private Equity, a UK mid-market firm founded in 2004, has closed its second fund with commitments of £805 million ( €1 billion; $1.6 billion). The fund is double the amount raised in the first fund in 2004. Investors included funds managed by Pathway, Pantheon Ventures, Danske Private Equity, MassPRIM, OMERS Capital Partners, NYL Capital Partners and Bank of Scotland, as well as substantial US endowment and European private family sources. Hugh Richards, one of the firm's four founding partners, answers PEI's questions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TOUGH ON TOYS 2008-02-01 Staff Writer The Service Employees International Union stepped up its toxic toys campaign in time for the holiday shopping season. The labour union organised a group of activists and mothers to protest outside Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' New York headquarters, with the goal of persuadin
2 min read · 12 January 2013
US buyout firm JC Flowers has been unable to sell the Dutch bank, despite agreeing a deal in August. The cancelled deal may dampen Flowers’ interest in UK bank Northern Rock and UK insurer Friends Provident.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The credit crunch has claimed another victim: Patriarch Partners’ American LaFrance, one of the oldest fire engine makers in the US.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The credit crunch has claimed another victim: Patriarch Partners’ American LaFrance, one of the oldest fire engine makers in the US.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The disappearance of mega deals in the European buyout market and a drop of nearly 50 percent in large mid-market volume contrasted to gains for the lower mid-market, growth capital and venture in the fourth quarter.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The disappearance of mega deals in the European buyout market and a drop of nearly 50 percent in large mid-market volume contrasted to gains for the lower mid-market, growth capital and venture in the fourth quarter.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
