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Why private equity firms are talking about LTAFs
The semi-liquid vehicle, which invests in assets including infrastructure, private equity and venture capital, is still in ...
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Lansdowne Partners CEO Brian Heyworth: ‘Challenges never frighten me’
It’s been four years since Brian Heyworth left HSBC Asset Management to join Lansdowne Partners. The former banker admits the ...
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Alix Partners backs PEN’s Twenty Trailblazing Women
Alix Partners has been confirmed as the sponsor for Private Equity News‘s list of Twenty Trailblazing Women working in the PE sector in Europe. Now in its fourth year, the list includes senior women ...
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Pressure grows on Triton to reveal internal investigation amid culture allegations
Gina Miller and Diversity VC call for transparency as private equity firm concludes initial fact-finding probe ...
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Revealed: The top-performing private equity small-cap firms
While US houses dominated both the mid-market and large-cap buyout rankings released earlier this year, a mix of firms from ...
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Thames Water picks KKR as preferred bidder in equity raise
UK utility Thames Water has selected KKR as preferred partner for an equity raise to help it deal with its debt pile, but ...
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Can Carlyle’s Wand revive its European buyout team?
A London-based tech veteran is tasked with turning around the fortunes of the private equity giant’s European buyout team.
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Larry Fink says regular Americans need private assets too
The BlackRock CEO says he wants individuals to have better access to the menu of private and illiquid investments that have ...
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EQT consortium makes bid for Fortnox, valuing it at $5.5bn
The buyout group offered to buy the cloud-based accounting software developer with First Kraft, which currently owns 18.9% of Fortnox.
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Consumer investor snaps up WH Smith’s high street arm in £76m deal
A consumer-focused private equity firm has snapped up WH Smith’s high street arm in a £76m deal. London-based Modella Capital ...
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Shackleton sets deadline for first round bids as wealth manager’s sale talks continue
The first round of bids for wealth manager Shackleton are due by 4 April, Private Equity News’ sister title Financial News ...
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Ex-Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman to join General Atlantic as senior adviser
General Atlantic has hired former Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman as an adviser ahead of a possible IPO for the US private equity firm. The veteran Wall Street banker will join General ...