HarbourVest
Private equity's public market problems
Despite strong investor appetite for listed private equity houses, life on the public markets brings with it numerous challenges
HarbourVest further extends deadline for SVG share offer
Extension will enable the parties to continue negotiations around an alternative asset-based offer
HarbourVest makes new £783m SVG bid
Proposed deal would be similarly structured to a rival bid by Goldman Sachs and CPPIB
HarbourVest extends deadline for SVG takeover
Offer lapsed on 6 October, with SVG's board urging shareholders to accept a competing offer
SVG recommends liquidation, £379m sale to Pantheon, Pomona
Board of directors proposes to wind down SVG to maximise cash returns to its shareholders
SVG confirms talks with Goldman Sachs and CPPIB
Fund-of-funds in talks with Goldman Sachs and Canadian pension fund for alternative bid
SVG in talks with other bidders, says board
SVG board holds position over HarbourVest bid in a public back-and-forth between the two firms
HarbourVest buys extra €42m commitment in Indigo Capital V
LP almost quadruples commitment to mezzanine debt provider's 2007-vintage vehicle
SVG board hits back at HarbourVest's unsolicited takeover bid
Fund-of-funds' board says the recent offer undervalues the company and its assets
HarbourVest makes £1.02bn final offer for SVG
Fund-of-funds acquirer is on track to secure a 51.2% stake and is aiming for a full takeover
Innova, HarbourVest et al. in €100m Benestra exit
SBO means a final exit for the PE consortium that purchased central European telco GTS in 2008
EQT holds €566m final close on first venture fund
Stage-agnostic European venture fund had been rumoured for a year prior to announcement
HarbourVest snaps up Bank of America's fund-of-funds manager
Purchase follows exclusive negotiations to acquire emerging markets specialist, unquote" understands
Level 20 aims to boost gender diversity in PE
New organisation will run a mentoring programme and formal networks
EQT closes EQT VII on €6.75bn hard-cap
Fund exceeded estimated тЌ5.25bn target in less than six months
Funds-of-funds fight for survival
unquote" checks the pulse of the troubled funds-of-funds market
HarbourVest to move to LSE main market
The move follows a reduction in HPVE's US share ownership
Continental drift: The mid-market squeeze
In the second instalment of our European buyout pulse checker, unquote" explores the squeezed mid-market
Continental drift: A look back at 2014's buyout activity so far
Now more than half way through 2014, unquote" checks the pulse of European buyouts
Does listed private equity need yield?
Listed private equity
Glover named as EVCA chairman
Anne Glover, EVCA
HarbourVest throws Motion lifeline
HarbourVest Partners has extended the life of Motion Equity Partnersт fund to enable it to exit portfolio companies.
HarbourVest promotes Flower
HarbourVest Partners has named Tim Flower as managing director in a promotion from his previous position of principal.
