Industry
UK - Investcorp to sell Moneybookers
According to reports, Bahraini private equity firm Investcorp has put portfolio company Moneybookers up for sale.
UK - Oakley to raise £18m through placing
Mid-market buyout house Oakley Capital has launched a placing designed to raise up to ТЃ18m.
Trusting VCTs
VCTs will struggle as the markets they're listed on shrink. Consolidation has already started. To keep VCTs - and the fledgling businesses they back - afloat, continued government support is needed. By Nicola Bock
Don't bank on it
Banks holding equity, pension funds lending money, forward start facilities - this is today's leverage market
Beauty or the beast?
Private equity's bad rap has spread from trade unions to vendors to Brussels. The industry will overcome this for myriad reasons: its attempts to stave off negativity; its ability to efficiently execute deals and, most of all, the fact that sellers may...
Debt Q&A
For months the markets have focused on the negative aspects of the credit crunch. But alas there is a silver lining - deal sourcing should be improved, allowing private equity firms to secure attractive entry multiples. unquote" editor-in-chief Kimberly...
UK - SVG shareholders surprised by Williams departure
According to reports the news that SVG Advisers CEO Andrew Williams is to step down, which was announced publicly yesterday when the firm released its 2008 results, has angered SVG Capital shareholders, who had not been warned of his departure.
UK - SVG moves office
SVG Capital has moved offices as of 06 March 2009.
UK - SVG announces two-thirds fall in value
SVG Capital has announced its end-year 2008 results, revealing a drop in NAV of more than 64%. The listed fund has also announced that Andrew Williams, CEO of SVG Advisers, is to step down.
UK - Warburg invests £64m into Premier Foods
Warburg Pincus has committed to a firm placing of ТЃ64m into Premier Foods, the listed owner of brands such as Hovis bread, Cadbury and Branston.
UK - Terra Firma writes down EMI investment
Terra Firma Capital Partners has reportedly written off around EUR 1.39bn from two of its investments, with music group EMI thought to be primarily responsible for the loss.