James Taylor

Mezzanine specialist Intermediate Capital has appointed a new head of investor relations, as it looks to enhance its transparency to institutional backers.

Australian retailer Coles Group has again shunned its private equity suitors, reportedly insisting that it cut its bidding consortium from five firms to four. The move will fuel the ongoing debate about club deals.

Jupiter Asset Management, the Commerzbank-owned fund manager that is currently mulling its strategic options, has become the latest buyout target of The Blackstone Group.

Rhino Rugby, the sports equipment maker backed by England’s World Cup-winning rugby captain Martin Johnson, has sold a 6.25 percent stake to Chrysalis VCT.

Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has argued that public markets are not a viable source of capital for buyout firms, suggesting that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s $5 billion listed vehicle soaked up all the available liquidity.

The Canadian pension fund has enjoyed strong gains from its real estate and private equity investments, allowing it to post an overall return of 16.4 percent.

A study of the corporation tax bills of the ten biggest private equity backed firms in the UK has revealed that, between them, they actually depleted the Treasury’s coffers last year.

Rhino Rugby, the sports equipment maker backed by England’s World Cup-winning rugby captain Martin Johnson, has sold a 6.25 percent stake to Chrysalis VCT.

Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has argued that public markets are not a viable source of capital for buyout firms, suggesting that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s $5 billion listed vehicle soaked up all the available liquidity.

The Canadian pension fund has enjoyed strong gains from its real estate and private equity investments, allowing it to post an overall return of 16.4 percent.