Toby Lewis

The global bank’s private equity arm has bought a UK dentist, reportedly seeing off competition from rival firms including Blackstone and Bridgepoint.

Private equity looks to take advantage of the refuge the pharmaceutical sector offers in uncertain economic times.

The Turkish alternative asset manager is set to raise a domestic mid-market buyout fund, as the country continues to attract international buyout firms while local firms grow in size and number.

Montagu and Global Infrastructure Partners have agreed their Biffa bid, but the waste disposal company board’s statement that rival bidders are in due diligence caused the company’s share price to rise five percent above the offer price.

The European buyout firm has bought into a part of the construction industry it believes is counter cyclical driven by regulations compelling people to fix their roofs.

Negotiations between the Chinese Investment Corporation and JC Flowers come as the sovereign fund’s $3 billion investment in Blackstone took a further hit yesterday, with Blackstone's share price reaching a new low.

The largest Islamically funded leveraged buyout debt in the UK has been syndicated by German bank West LB to investors in the Middle East, some of whom do not participate in Western market debt syndication for religious reasons.

The UK mid-market firm has bought Geo, a company the firm’s founder John Moulton describes as unique in a sector of imitators.

Lower mid-market firm August Equity has helped a member of BSkyB’s corporate mergers and acquisitions team realise his ambition of joining a buyout firm.

The UK investment comes five years after the global bank span out its UK division, now Montagu Private Equity, marking a return for HSBC to its home territory.