Articles by Alice Murray

Hermes GPE's MacKay to step down

Alan MacKay, Hermes GPE

People
22 July 2013

Refinancings drive activity in loan market

Portfolio company refinancings accounted for 63% of loans issued across Europe in the first half of this year, while M&A activity made up just 32% of the total.

Financing
22 July 2013

CVC hits €10.5bn hard-cap

CVC Capital Partners has closed its sixth fund, CVC Capital Partners VI, on €10.5bn.

Fundraising
22 July 2013

Altor and Bain acquire Ewos for NOK 6.5bn

Norwegian state owned-Cermaq has sold its Ewos division to Altor and Bain Capital for NOK 6.5bn.

Buyouts
19 July 2013

JC Flowers to acquire Northern Rock loans

JC Flowers is preparing to buy ТЃ450m worth of loans from UK state-owned Northern Rock for an estimated ТЃ300m.

UK / Ireland
19 July 2013

Bain picks up state-owned Plasma Resources UK for £230m

Bain Capital has acquired an 80% stake in government-owned Plasma Resources UK (PRUK) for ТЃ230m.

Buyouts
19 July 2013

NBGI achieves 4x return on Ochre House exit

NBGI Private Equity has sold Ochre House to Pinstripe, a US-based business backed by Accel and KKR, reaping a 4x return on its original investment.

Exits
18 July 2013

Funds-of-funds falling out of favour?

Funds-of-funds

Fund-of-funds
18 July 2013

CMS Cameron McKenna's Bull joins Norton Rose

Richard Bull, Norton Rose Fullbright

People
17 July 2013

UK Watch: Q2 shows signs of recovery

UK rebounds in Q2

Buyouts
17 July 2013

Cinven's EnServe sells Inenco to Vitruvian and ICG

Vitruvian Partners and Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) have acquired energy and utility outsourcing business Inenco Group from Cinven-backed EnServe Group.

Buyouts
16 July 2013

Greek taxi-hailing start-up Taxibeat secures $2m

Athens-based Taxibeat, a taxi-hailing start-up business, has received $2m in fresh funding, marking a reawakening in Greece's hushed investment market.

Expansion
16 July 2013

Siparex acquires Grontmij division for €71m

Private equity firm Siparex has acquired CEBTP, the French monitoring and testing business of Grontmij, for €71m.

Buyouts
16 July 2013

3i bonuses to spark shareholder revolt

Ahead of 3iтs annual meeting on Thursday, shareholder lobby group PIRC is urging stakeholders to vote against the listed firmтs executive bonuses.

UK / Ireland
15 July 2013

BGF invests £10m in York Mailing

The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in UK printing business York Mailing, a producer of retail flyers, media inserts and catalogues.

Expansion
15 July 2013

Permira casts its net for Ewos

Permira has joined Bain Capital and Altor in the bidding war for Norwegian fish farmer Cermaqтs fish feed division Ewos.

Nordics
12 July 2013

Markit moves into buyout valuations

Financial information services company Markit has launched Markit Portfolio Valuations – Private Equity, an independent valuation service for growth and buyout equity investments.

Regulation
11 July 2013

Listed funds' share prices jump 25%

Average listed private equity company share prices have risen 25% over the last year, and by 72% over the last three years, according to data published by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).