Yolanda Bobeldijk

The Paris-based firm is to sell its stake to LBO France for an undisclosed sum.

Following the delisting in 2006, the business was split into three parts, two of which EQT and Investor, a Swedish investment company, have already exited.

Quay Partners, an Australian funds of funds manager, has appointed another executive with links to Pantheon Ventures. Angus Whiteley was hired as a group chief executive in London, according to a statement. Quay Partners’ majority shareholders, Richard Bowley and Geoff Norman, have known Whiteley for more than 10 years, through Richard Thompson. Thompson was the […]

The exits come at a time when the Antwerp-based firm has managed to improve its asset value.

Encouraging performance from the Jon Moulton-helmed vehicle has allowed the London-listed firm to announce a dividend to shareholders, its first since its inception in 2009.

The UK-listed firm has benefited from banks reducing allocations to private equity by offloading fund positions and debt, says chief investment partner Alex Fortescue.

The $65m finance facility will be CDC’s first investment since its strategy change in September 2012.

Elbrus has invested in Russian delivery business SPSR-Express. It's the first deal from its second fund, which is now more than half way to its $500m target.

While the Nordic economies are in relatively good shape, deal flow has slowed and deal value has dropped significantly in the second half of 2012.

The Amsterdam-headquartered firm has bought cash-and-carry business Hancocks, the fifth deal from its €300m H2 Equity Fund IV.