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Bain’s Hugh MacArthur says private equity must adapt to thrive in post-Covid world

The pandemic is forcing firms to work toward incorporating technology more effectively into their operations

Madison Dearborn Buys IPL Plastics

Madison Dearborn Partners has partnered with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to acquire publicly traded IPL Plastics at an enterprise value of $736 million. IPL Plastics (TSX: IPLP) is a maker of

Barclays’ China fund middleman quizzed in Staveley case

Lawyers for Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners pressed Kenneth Griffin on whether he ever acted as a principal investor

Ex-Barclays exec worried about Qatar loan damaging his prospects

Lawyer’s for Amanda Staveley's private equity firm PCP Capital Partners, which is suing Barclays, pressed Jones on the details of the loan to Qatar at the height of the financial crisis

Former Barclays executive’s sexist comments against financier Staveley revealed in court

Stephen Jones's comments about Amanda Staveley have come to light during the £1.5bn High Court battle over the lender’s financial crisis cash call

Barclays hedge-fund risks made it ‘beyond saving,’ Abu Dhabi SWF exec says

David Forbes, who worked at a firm running the fund and was close to the bank’s 2008 bailout, told the court that he was concerned

Ex-PIMCO veteran Gross named head of institutional portfolio strategy at JP Morgan Asset Management

The $2.2tn-managing JP Morgan Asset Management has hired former PIMCO veteran Jared Gross for its newly created role of head of institutional portfolio strategy.

Ex-Barclays banker grilled on attempts to ‘diminish’ Staveley’s role in cash call

Jenkins apologised in court for referring to Amanda Staveley as a ‘dolly bird’ and ‘tart’

Barclays paid former banker £50m payout in 2009

The High Court also heard that Jenkins was paid £39m yearly compensation at least two years in a row

JPM nabs Asia ECM head from UBS

UBS’s head of Asia equity capital markets Peihao Huang has resigned from her position. She will join JP Morgan’s ECM team, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

JPM nabs Asia ECM head from UBS

UBS’s head of Asia equity capital markets Peihao Huang has resigned from her position. She will join JP Morgan’s ECM team, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

JPM nabs Asia ECM head from UBS

UBS’s head of Asia equity capital markets Peihao Huang has resigned from her position. She will join JP Morgan’s ECM team, GlobalCapital Asia understands.

Barclays executives labelled PE boss a ‘tart’ and ‘dolly bird’ during bank’s 2008 cash call

Jenkins also joked that he would give one of his colleagues 'a little bit of cocaine so he speaks a little bit quicker' for a meeting

Former Barclays CEO denies deceiving the board during 2008 cash call

John Varley told the High Court that if he had been misleading he would have been ‘out of a job within five minutes’

Bain Capital’s Virgin Australia buyout under fire from bondholders pushing to make own offer

Bain Capital's agreed buyout of coronavirus-stricken airline Virgin Australia could be under threat by bondholders attempting to make their own offer to creditors.

Former Barclays CEO grilled in case against private equity financier Amanda Staveley

On the first day of Varley's testimony, Staveley’s attorney pressed him on the blue chip bank’s negotiations with Qatar

OEP Launches Spartronics

Sparton Corporation, a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital since March 2019, has agreed to sell its contract manufacturing unit, Manufacturing & Design Services (MDS), to One Equity Partners. MDS engineers, designs, and manufactures electronic and

Despite Headwinds, Packaging Industry Faces Pockets of Growth

A recent survey by L.E.K. Consulting, conducted just before the economic dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, shows that nearly 50% of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand owners expect to boost their spending on

Bain Capital triumphs over PE competitors in bid to buy coronavirus-stricken Virgin Australia

The battle to buy coroanvirus-stricken airline Virgin Australia is over after Bain Capital won the bidding war to buy the business.

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