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Fundraising: Winners and losers
Is the fundraising market as brutal as previously thought or does success solely depend on the type of fund being raised? Kimberly Romaine investigates
Trophy investments: Land and sea
Trophy investments
Index's Dibner joins DFJ Esprit
Gil Dibner, DFJ Esprit
British Private Equity Awards - Last chance to vote
Voting for the 2013 unquote" British Private Equity Awards ends today at 5pm BST.
European start-ups halted by series-A chasm
Series-A chasm
Lexington to raise $8bn secondaries fund
Secondaries investor Lexington Partners is aiming to raise $8bn for its Lexington Capital Partners VIII fund, which will launch next year.
Tikehau poaches Axa PE's Mayer-Levi in private debt push
Cécile Mayer-Levi, Tikehau
Blackstone credit division closes $5bn fund
GSO Capital Partners, the credit division of Blackstone, has held a final close of its second "rescue" fund on $5bn.
Mandarin Capital announces first close
Sino-Italian investor Mandarin Capital Partners has announced a first close of its second fund on €110.5m.
JZ Capital backs Winn Group and Fidor Bank
London-listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) has expanded its European portfolio with investments in the UK and Germany.
Mandarin Capital sells IMA
Sino-Italian investor Mandarin Capital Partners has sold its stake in Bologna-based pharmaceutical machinery business IMA Group.
British Private Equity Awards: shortlist announced
Awards shortlist
Adveq opens London office
Funds-of-funds manager Adveq has officially opened its new London office.
Advent appoints Hanspeter Spek as operating partner
Advent International has appointed ex-Sanofi president Hanspeter Spek to its operating partner programme.
Video: SJ Berwin's Blake on fundraising, T&Cs
Video: Jonathan Blake
Blackstone to settle IPO lawsuit with $85m payment
Blackstone has reportedly agreed to make a payment of $85m to settle a lawsuit after investors argued that the private equity giant failed to disclose "bad investments" prior to its $4.7bn IPO in 2007.
Exit activity remains low despite headline deals
Although divestments have featured prominently in the news recently, figures seem to tell a different story. Alice Murray takes a look at this year's exit landscape
Lack of exits forces Candover to make contingency plans
Without any realisations in the first half of this year and a growing debt burden, listed entity Candover Investments has started to review a range of alternative plans including refinancing existing facilities.
Large VC rounds: France outpaces neighbours
France was home to six of the 20 largest venture investments completed so far this year in Europe, with Germany following closely behind.
Colony Capital reshuffles European leadership
Jean-Romain Lhomme, Colony Capital
Homburg & Partner Q&A: Customer segmentation
Alexander Lüring (pictured) and Simone Staudt from marketing and sales consultancy Homburg & Partner speak to unquote” about the importance of understanding portfolio company customers, and how to boost overall growth through customer segmentation and...
Phoenix looks to offload LK Bennett
Phoenix Equity Partners is in the initial stages of divesting high-end retailer LK Bennett as it sounds out City advisers.
Sector focus: Playing it safe in the insurance market
Sector focus: Insurance