Advent buys stake in delivery business Hermes UK amid demand spike due to Covid-19 lockdown
Private equity giant Advent International has agreed an investment in consumer delivery business Hermes UK.
Private equity giant Advent International has agreed an investment in consumer delivery business Hermes UK.
Australian theme park and cinema operator Village Roadshow has agreed to a cut-price offer from BGH Capital as it looks to recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Private equity firms remain bullish on their portfolio investments despite the widespread chaos caused by the coronavirus crisis, new research suggests.
Private debt fundraising is on pace for its slowest year in half a decade - but will a surge of newly-launched opportunistic vehicles hoping to profit from the coronavirus crisis turn those numbers around?
Secondaries private equity dealmaking fell off a cliff in the first half of the year as the coronavirus crisis saw deal value drop more than 56% compared to the same period in 2019, new research
Global private equity giant KKR raised a record $16.4bn last quarter amid a powerful push to cash in on investment opportunities thrown up by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Apollo Global has seen a disappointing IPO for portfolio business Rackspace value the business at about $4.18bn - less than the company's $4.3bn valuation when Apollo took it private four years ago.
Struggling private equity-backed restaurant group Pizza Express is set to be largely taken over by bondholders as the business reels under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown.
Global private equity giants Advent and Cinven have closed their €17.2bn takeover of Thyssenkrupp's sought-after elevators business, one of the biggest buyout deals to be completed since full force of the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Vitruvian Partners has wrapped up a rapid $4bn raise for its fourth flagship fund, taking less than three months to hit its hard cap.
Private equity industry veterans Andrew Rosato and Simeon Ketchum have been hired by fund advisory specialist Triago as it looks to deepen its services amid the impact of Covid-19 on LPs and GPs.
Preservation Capital Partners, a specialist investor in the asset-light financial services sector, has hit a £309m ($400m) hard cap close for its debut fundraise.
Europe's venture capital industry has staged a remarkable fightback against the coronavirus-induced market slump by posting one of the largest dealmaking totals on record in Q2.
Adams Street Capital Partners has reportedly pulled in almost $1.1bn for an interim close of its new private credit fundraise.
Rothschild's private equity arm Five Arrows has picked up critical incident preparedness and response software company Juvare from Thomas H Lee Partners.
Antin Infrastructure Partners has surged to a €6.5bn hard cap final close for its fourth flagship fundraise, underlining the extent to which LPs are flocking to more stable asset classes amid the coronavirus outbreak.
FinTech Mediant’s investors have injected a further $18.5m into the company to fuel the next stage of its strategic growth.
Spanish private equity real estate investor Azora has beating its €600m target in a new fundraise focused on leisure hotels in Europe.
US private equity return multiples have surged this year after the global coronavirus pandemic caused a 'sugar rush' of sudden demand in certain sectors, new research shows.
UK private equity investor LDC has provided the capital for the £30m merger of a trio of cloud-centric management services companies.
