Deborah Sterescu

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Carlyle raises $1.1bn financial services fund

The Carlyle Group has raised $1.1bn for its first financial services fund, Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners (CGFSP). Carlyle began raising the fund in 2008 and had to seek permission......

unquote | 23 Apr 2010 | secure

Candover to inject £15m into DX Group

Candover-backed UK and Ireland independent mail and courier business DX Group has agreed to a capital refinancing and a management buy-in led by Petar Cvetkovic and David Hoare. As part......

UK unquote | 23 Apr 2010 | secure

Exponent-backed Durrants acquires Gorkana in £25m deal

Exponent-backed Durrants, a 125-year-old cuttings business, has agreed to buy Gorkana, an online jobs site, in deal worth just under £25m.

UK unquote | 09 Apr 2010 | secure

Primary Capital backs £20m MBI of Güralp Systems

UK mid-market private equity investor Primary Capital has backed the £20m management buy-in of tremor detecting equipment business Güralp Systems from founder Dr Cansun Güralp. Dr Cansun......

UK unquote | 08 Apr 2010 | secure

Gresham backs £12.3m MBO of LAS

Gresham has backed the £12.3m management buyout of claims manager Lanes Assistance Services (LAS) from existing shareholder Lanes Group plc.

UK unquote | 08 Apr 2010 | secure

Gresham backs £12.3m MBO of LAS

Gresham has backed the £12.3m management buyout of claims manager Lanes Assistance Services (LAS) from existing shareholder Lanes Group plc.

UK unquote | 08 Apr 2010 | secure

UK FTF makes first committment to DFJ's third fund

The UK Future Technologies Fund (UK FTF), one of two fund-of-funds which effectively make up the UK Innovation Investment Fund, has made its first commitment into the DFJ Esprit III...

unquote | 08 Apr 2010 | secure

YFM reaps 3.7x on Sheet Piling exit

YFM Private Equity has sold its stake in construction business Sheet Piling in a management buy-back deal, generating a return of 3.7x for the private equity firm and an IRR of 20.17%.

UK unquote | 08 Apr 2010 | secure

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LP/GP relationships are changing like never before as investors push for improved terms and increasingly look to bypass GPs and invest directly.

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2010 | secure

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Hermes and Gartmore deliver consolidation message

Hermes and Gartmore lead the consolidation of the fund-of-funds industry with the creation of Hermes GPE. Deborah Sterescu reports.

unquote | 07 Apr 2010

YFM exits Sheet Piling

YFM Private Equity has sold its stake in construction business Sheet Piling in a management buy-back deal, generating a return of 3.7x for the private equity firm and an IRR of 20.17...

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2010 | secure

Octopus VCT closes at £50m

Octopus Investments has reached its £50m capacity for its limited life VCT - open since September 2009. The fund is now closed for new investments.

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2010 | secure

Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch completes three bolt-ons

Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch, a provider of domiciliary care services, has acquired three more businesses in the sector: Midlands-based homecare organisation All and Small and two...

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2010 | secure

Promethean exits InterMediactive Group

Promethean Investments has sold its 75% shareholding in InterMediactive Group (IMA) back to management.

UK unquote | 07 Apr 2010 | secure

Carbon Trust et al. invest £1.45m in Arieso

Carbon Trust Investments has invested £1.45m in wireless network optimisation provider Arieso, alongside existing investors Oxford Capital Partners, ADD Partners and Qualcomm Ventures...

UK unquote | 06 Apr 2010 | secure

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