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Palatine closes second fund on £150m
Manchester-based Palatine Private Equity has held a final close for its second fund on its £150m hard-cap.
AIFMD could result in fewer fund managers, says survey
A new survey by German software company Data Room Services and real estate firm Knight Frank reveals uneasiness about the upcoming Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) across markets in Europe.
PE firms circle Deutsche Telekom internet portal
Scout24, the internet portal owned by Deutsche Telekom, has attracted the interest of PE firms looking to buy a minority stake in the company.
Q&A with Hassans partner James Lasry
Q&A James Lasry
French PE still outperforms rest of continental Europe
French private equity funds have returned 8.6% since inception, according to the latest performance figures published by local trade body AFIC.
Isis raises £51.5m co-investment fund
Isis has raised a fund to co-invest alongside its Baronsmead VCTs. The fund comprises four limited partners and is the first time a VCT has raised an institutional co-investment fund.
Montana closes debut secondaries fund on €80m
Montana Capital Partners, a firm focusing on the smaller end of the secondaries market, has closed its annual programme on its hard-cap of €80m.
Popular high-yield bond market shrinks refinancing wall
A new report has found that amend-and-extend activity has reduced the expected 2014-2015 refinancing wall.
Rabobank's Robeco snapped up by Orix
Robeco Group, the private equity arm of Dutch bank Rabobank, has been acquired by Tokyo-based financial services group Orix Corporation for €1.9bn (JPY 251bn).
Mark Florman defines ERR; Awards deadline Friday
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Q&A: Duke Street’s Buchan Scott
Q&A: Duke Street
CVC forced to turn investors away
CVC Capital Partners has raised more than €10.5bn and can no longer accept investments from LPs wanting to commit to its sixth fund.
Regulation threatens present and future of industry
Private equity professionals included a tax neutral regime on their Brussels wish-list at the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) Symposium in Istanbul yesterday.
Private equity’s public impact: Q&A with EVCA chair George Anson
Q&A: George Anson
S&P launches mid-market assesment service
As banks continue to hold back lending for mid-market companies, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has launched a European credit benchmark for the neglected market segment.
unquote" Awards: More tips for entering
Entries for the unquote" British Private Equity Awards are due Friday 5 July. Meanwhile, here are eight tips from unquote" editor-in-chief Kimberly Romaine to improve your chances.
Apax VIII holds final close on €5.8bn
Apax Partners has reached $7.5bn (€5.8bn) for its latest fund.
HPS loan fund raises more than $3bn
Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS) has closed its HPS Specialty Fund III with over $3bn in commitments.
Have your say: 60-second survey
60-second survey
Tax avoidance debate turns to private equity
Tax avoidance is top of the agenda for the G8 summit in Northern Ireland and part of that discussion will concern UK private equity’s treatment of corporation tax.
Unquote" Awards: Tips for entering
As the 5 July deadline for entries nears, unquote" is receiving lots of questions about the Awards. Here are some of the most popular queries and our responses.
LGT Capital Partners wins £100m mandate
Swiss alternative asset management company LGT Capital Partners has been awarded a £100m mandate from Kingfisher Pension Scheme.
One Equity Partners to split from JP Morgan
One Equity Partners (OEP), the private equity division of US bank JP Morgan Chase & Co, is to become an independent firm and will raise its next fund from an external LP base.