Q&A with Brian Blakemore
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
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Morgan Stanley poaches private equity duo
Morgan 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 2008
Smedvig invests £15m in SelStor
Smedvig Capital has invested £15m in Swedish self-storage company SelStor.
Wednesday, 7th May 2008
PAI doubles fund size to €5.4bn
PAI Partners has closed its fifth private equity fund with €5.4bn of commitments, double the size of its predecessor.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
PPM Capital becomes Silverfleet Capital
Buy-and-build specialist PPM Capital has changed its name to Silverfleet Capital following its buyout from Prudential last year.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Paul Capital closes $1.65bn secondaries fund
Paul Capital has closed its ninth dedicated secondaries fund at $1.65bn (€1.07bn), exceeding its $1.5bn hard cap.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Former Sony Ericsson president joins Silver Lake
Miles Flint, former president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, has joined Silver Lake Partners as a senior adviser.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Bowmark bolsters investment team
Bowmark Capital has made two appointments to its investment team, promoting Mark Salter to senior partner and recruiting Paraag Davé as an investment manager.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Eurazeo and Colony Capital up Accor stake
Eurazeo 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 2008
Oxford Capital launches fifth fund
Oxford Capital Partners has launched its fifth Oxford Gateway Enterprise Investment Scheme fund.
Tuesday, 6th May 2008
Italian clean tech fund chasing €250m target
Italian businessman Nino Tronchetti Provera is raising a fund of up to €250m for investment in green sectors such as waste management and renewable energy.
Tuesday, 6th May 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I think what's happened is that the concept of risk-adjusted rate of return has been replaced by what I would call risk-ignored rate of return, and people are substituting yield for credit judgement.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
Rob Kelsall, GMB, responsible for car park workers
Queen fails to save Northern Rock
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May the Esprit be with you
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Flat tax haven
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The deer-hunter
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Q&A with Brian Blakemore
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.
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