A recent UK deal shows that companies with huge pension deficits need not be left on the shelf.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
HEDGE FUNDS IN THE CLASSROOM 2005-09-02 Staff Writer Anyone tempted to think that top financiers are too focused on making money to take note of the world's social ills, should consider the charitable efforts of Arpad “Arki” Busson, the French hedge fund guru. Busson has made money – and plenty of it. Estima
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Dutch real estate firm Westplan Investors has raised a $24 million fund focused on the Southeastern US.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
In a further sign that corporate buyers are back, Sage has acquired a Spanish software company from three private equity firms for €82m.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TowerBrook Capital Partners, the private equity firm formerly known as Soros Private Equity, has completed its first deal since being spun out of the Soros empire in April.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Italian bank Unicredit Banca d’Impresa has launched a €100m SME fund that will be managed by private equity firm 21 Investimenti.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
ISIS Equity Partners, led by Wol Kolade, will soon cease to be a captive operation – a move prompted less by a hunger for independence than a pragmatic view on hindering accounting rules, writes Jonn Elledge.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Yates Group, the UK wine bar chain, is being acquired by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz just nine months after being backed by private equity firm GI Partners.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Buyouts increase their stranglehold as investment in Europe reaches a new high.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
After more than a decade in the market, Deutsche Bank knows how and where to identify undervalued assets. By John Elledge
6 min read · 12 January 2013
