After 20 years shaping one of the few successful captive buyout operations, the man who said “sod this” to an education is stepping down at Barclays Private Equity.
Tuesday, 29th April 2008
LATEST NEWS: LARGE-MARKET
3i is close to acquiring a 30 per cent stake in Spanish jeans retailer Pepe Jeans, according to Spanish news agency Expansion.
Thursday, 8th May 2008Morgan Stanley Private Equity has hired Jean-Philippe Barade from Permira and Alasdair Thomson from Apax Partners as executive directors. Both will be based in London.
Wednesday, 7th May 2008PAI Partners has closed its fifth private equity fund with €5.4bn of commitments, double the size of its predecessor.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008Eurazeo has joined forces with US buyout house Colony Capital to build a 30 per cent stake in French hotels group Accor worth €3.8bn.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008Warburg Pincus has acquired Safetykleen Europe from CCMP Capital Advisers in a deal valuing the company at £565m (€712m).
Wednesday, 30th April 2008Permira has sold German mobile service provider Debitel to Freenet in a €1.63bn deal, putting an end of United Internet's ambitions for the business.
Tuesday, 29th April 2008Summit Partners has closed its maiden Europe-focused fund with €1bn of LP commitments.
Monday, 28th April 2008Merrill Lynch is believed to be holding talks with TPG Capital regarding forming closer ties between the two businesses.
Friday, 25th April 2008A private equity consortium is understood to be considering an offer for the insurance arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Friday, 25th April 2008Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed that it is in discussions with private equity investors about the sale of a sizeable stake at a “material premium to the current share price”.
Friday, 25th April 2008QUOTES OF THE WEEK
I think what's happened is that the concept of risk-adjusted rate of return has been replaced by what I would call risk-ignored rate of return, and people are substituting yield for credit judgement.
Wilbur RossPrivate equity companies have targeted car parks as a cash cow, taking over £1 billion out of the industry in the last few years
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