GPs
Electra Partners on termination notice following Bramson CEO appointment
Activist investor Bramson appointed unpaid interim CEO following campaign against fund manager
HgCapital promotes two to partner and makes two senior hires
Good and Briens are promoted from director in the portfolio projects and TMT teams
Quadrivio and Intesa Sanpaolo merge VC activities
New venture capital firm foresees the launch of a new vehicle with a €120m target
Italmobiliare buys Clessidra for €20m
Italian holding company Italmobiliare has wholly acquired the GP
TPG holds final close on $10.5bn
Vehicle is the first buyout fund raised by the GP since the global financial crisis
Endless appoints Lloyds' Stout as director
New London-based recruit will oversee the deployment of debt from the GP's fourth fund
Deal-by-deal emerges as contender to fund-based investing
LP appetite for co-investment has led to the increasing popularity of the deal-by-deal approach; we assess two GPs that have employed both strategies
Deal in Focus: Silverfleet's sale of Kalle proves viability of SBOs
CD&R becomes the sausage casing producer's fifth institutional owner as GPs are increasingly feeling the need to deploy their dry powder
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Seizing the initiative
Part two: private equity players must embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution and identify when challenges can be turned into opportunities
Banca Carige rejects Apollo bid
Non-binding offer consisted of €550m for capital increase and purchase of non-performing loans
PE and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Proceed with caution
Part one: technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for private equity?
Private equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Digitalisation and technological advances are at the forefront of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, but what are the implications for PE?
Disruption case study: Apperio
Real-time legal fees tracking platform Apperio is trying to disintermediate PE legal services market
Q&A: Rutland Partners' David Wardrop
Partner David Wardrop discusses how the firmтs past experience of special-situations investing benefits its new portfolio companies
Comment: Change creates the future
Grant Thornton's Charles Toosey discusses how to attract graduates and investment into a reawakening industrials sector
KCP appoints FTI's Excell as investment manager
New hire will identify potential acquisitions for firm's first institutional fund
Italmobiliare offers to buy majority stake in Clessidra for €16m
The binding offer is for the entire stake in the Italian private equity house
In Profile: HgCapital
Following an active start to the year, unquote" delves into the firm's sector-focus-approach and looks at its portfolio highlights
Endless appoints Addleshaw Goddard's Smith as partner
New recruit worked on the firm's secondary buyout deal for Bright Blue Foods
Reforms fail to redress Spain's lack of domestic LPs
As international funds increase their exposure to Spanish private equity, domestic LPs remain in frustratingly short supply
Former Altor and Nordic Capital veterans launch Summa Equity
GP will focus on buyouts in sectors with climate and demography-driven changes
PE-backed IPO activity failed to ignite in Q1
Europe should see an uptick in IPOs throughout Q2 following one of the quietest first quarters on record, in terms of PE-backed flotations
Not covered: insurance, fraud and private equity liability
As GPs increasingly take out M&A insurance, can protection be offered against sellers acting maliciously?
Fondo Italiano d'Investimento reorganises FII
Fondo Italiano d’Investimento will now manage one fund and four funds-of-funds