Jo Nash
US hedge fund DE Shaw is reportedly seeking to launch a private equity fund, as the lines between the hedge fund and private equity markets become ever more blurred.
Buyout house Hellman & Friedman is reportedly placed to make £200 million as part of a £520 million refinancing of asset management firm Gartmore less than a year after it backed a management buyout of the company.
ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity affiliate of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, has bought a majority stake in UK office supplies distributor OyezStraker Group from Hermes Private Equity for £41.2 million.
Angus Barker has left UBS to become head of financial sponsors for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.
Hungarian Telephone & Cable has bought Invitel, a national telecoms business, for €470 million.
Buyout firm Terra Firm has realised £200 million from the sale-and-leaseback of some of the property estate of UK off-licence chain Threshers.
Adconion Media, a German online advertising network, has received a commitment from Wellington Partners, a pan-European venture capital firm, of an undisclosed amount.
Angus Barker has left UBS to become head of financial sponsors for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.
Hungarian Telephone & Cable has bought Invitel, a national telecoms business, for €470 million.
Buyout firm Terra Firm has realised £200 million from the sale-and-leaseback of some of the property estate of UK off-licence chain Threshers.