Industry
ICG nears completion of £440m CPA MBO
Mezzanine lender ICG reportedly looks set to complete the £440m management buyout of patent and legal services group CPA Global this Thursday.
Citi tries to gain edge in Terra Firma battle
Citigroup has reportedly called for its legal battle with Terra Firma over beleaguered music group EMI to be moved from New York to London, as the bank has claimed that all events surrounding the poorly-timed deal took place in London and thus any case...
Impotent revolution
Despite calls for an upheaval to fundraising terms, things are set to change incrementally at best as guidelines prove little more than wish lists. Kimberly Romaine reports
The banks are back ... or are they?
A lack of leverage does not persist. By Deborah Sterescu
Environmental infrastructure: high returns, low risk?
Combining the low risk profile of traditional infrastructure investing with the potentially high returns from clean tech investing can prove a winning formula, argues Jamie Richards, partner at Foresight Group.
Q3 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Recovery gathers momentum as stabilisation continues
UK - Galileo Capital Management launches in London
Investment management and advisory firm Galileo Capital Management has launched, opening offices in London and Hong Kong.
US - Obama's latest bank proposals could prompt sell-off
The private equity assets of US banks could soon be under threat of a fire sale, following President Obama's announcement that he may prohibit banks from owning or making investments in private equity or hedge funds as part of a major shake-up of regulation...
Venture 2010: Simple but effective
Rikke Eckhoff talks to Index Ventures' Ben Holmes about his predictions for venture in 2010.
UK - Blackstone applies for British banking license
Blackstone has reportedly applied for a British banking license as part of its plans to open a new bank called The Home and Savings Bank.
EUROPE - Law firms Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg to merge
European law firms Die Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg have agreed to merge, effective 1 April 2010.
US/EUROPE - Atlas Venture to consolidate in Boston
Atlas Venture has announced that during 2010, the firm will streamline all of its operations from a new office in Boston.
EUROPE - London to be worse hit if AIFM goes through
The call for tighter regulation of the private equity markets, is likely to "hit London far more than anywhere else" says Clare Grayston, partner at Nabarro in a recent video interview with unquote". See the video on www.unquote.com .
FRANCE/GERMANY/UK - Indigo promotes four
Specialist mezzanine investor has promoted Adrian Lurie, Nicole Waibel and Cyril de Galea to partner, and Esteban Abad to investment director.
SPAIN - Apax opens Barcelona office
UK-based private equity firm Apax has opened a new office in Barcelona, over two decades after opening its Madrid practice in 1989.
Carlyle makes senior promotions across Europe
Buyout house Carlyle has promoted 33 professionals to senior positions across its offices globally, with four in the firm's London office.
GLOBAL - Big Apple pensions ripe for private equity
New York City, which boasts a pension pot of $96.4bn, is reportedly naming a private equity veteran to look after its investment, triggering conjecture that the city may put more money to work in the asset class which spent most of last year plagued by...
US/EUROPE - US Fidelty Ventures team forms Volition Capital
The US operations of Fidelity Ventures has spun out into Volition Capital, an independent growth equity firm that invests in founder-owned technology companies.
Riverside makes European promotions
The Riverside Company has promoted Juan Barnechea to head of its European deal origination team.
LUXEMBOURG - Argentius to open offices in Luxembourg
Augentius Fund Administration Group has received regulatory approval for the opening of its office in Luxembourg.