- UK - Infinity buys Flextex
- SWITZERLAND - Aravis and IGC lead CHF 32m Synosia investment
- FRANCE - CAPE strengthens venture team
- ITALY - Foresight appoints new investment director
- FRANCE - PAI backed Kaufman & Broad changes credit terms
- UK - Close Brothers appoints managing director
- GLOBAL - Secondaries pricing dips to five year low
- UK - Braveheart further supports Tayside
- IRELAND - US Private Equity shows interest in Waterford Wedgewood
- FRANCE - Abénex and L Capital sell Nutrition & Santé
- GERMANY - Perusa sells Buderus Kanalguss to MeierGuss
- FINLAND - CapMan holds first close on EUR 203m
- UK - Acacia et al. invest $7m into Mirics
- UK - HgCapital sells Orbiscom for $100m
- UK - KCP-backed Pandora acquires Badger
FRANCE - CAPE strengthens venture team 7 January 2009
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has hired Christian Claussen as senior partner to its venture capital team.
FRANCE - PAI backed Kaufman & Broad changes credit terms 7 January 2009
PAI Partners-backed property developer Kaufman & Broad has reduced its credit facilities to EUR 75m and adjusted its covenant agreements with its banks.
GLOBAL - Secondaries pricing dips to five year low 6 January 2009
Pricing of limited partnership interests on the secondaries market dipped to its lowest level for five years in H2 2008, with the average high bid falling to just 61% of NAV according to the Winter 2008 Secondary Pricing Analysis Interim Update, produced by specialist secondaries advisory firm Cogent Partners.
Editors Letter
A touch of frost
1 December 2008
A chilling frost has gathered around the private equity world for the winter season of 2008, especially in the leveraged buyouts department which has all but ground to a halt with only the EUR300-500m Socotec... [more]
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Venture 2.0: A new breed
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LP allocations still solid ... for now
Francois Rowell speaks to Helen Steers of fund-of-funds Pantheon Ventures, Antoine Drean of placement agent Triago, John Gripton of Capital Dynamics and Charles Diehl of Activa Capital Partners about current LP sentiments
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