Europe 2003-06-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exit</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>BC Partners pips rivals for cable deal</strong><br> Deutsche Bank and BC Partners have reached agreement over the acquisition of TeleColumbus Group by fund
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Through his investment business EXOR, the legendary Fiat chairman and industrialist, who has died aged 81, played an important role in private equity spanning three decades.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe 2003-04-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>Investment up while fundraising slows</strong><br> European private equity investment reached its second highest annual level last year, according to data
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Phoenix Equity Partners has led the £62m secondary buyout of Vivid Imaginations, maker of Spiderman and Simpsons toys, from Jordan Group.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Leveraged financiers are bracing themselves for another challenging year. Senior lenders remain focused on fundamentals and the recovery of the high yield market is taking time, with buyers and sellers quarrelling over structural issues. Robin Burnett takes the pulse of the European leveraged debt market.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
ACR backs Finnish firm Radionet; Xcellsyz completes £1.2m round; Giza backs $10m second round
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Keith Breslauer is building a business that is half real estate investor, half private equity house. Deepening Patron Capital's links with the European private equity industry is at the top of his agenda. Here's why.
9 min read · 11 January 2013
Part Two of Joe Bartlett's in-depth analysis of the prospects for private equity in emerging economies outlines an action plan designed to create the right environment to stimulate a viable venture capital investment culture.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
News: Funds 2002-08-01 Staff Writer <b>GSC closes Europe's largest mezzanine fund</b><br />GSC Partners, the independent private capital investor, has held a final closing for GSC European Mezzanine Fund LP. At €1.065bn, it is the largest dedicated mezzanine fund raised in Europe to date.&l
9 min read · 11 January 2013
News: Deals 2002-03-01 Staff Writer <b>Coller Capital makes first exit from Lucent portfolio</b><br />Pequot Capital Management and New Venture Partners, the New Jersey-based venture capital operation controlled by UK private equity secondaries specialist Coller Capital, have partially dive
10 min read · 11 January 2013