Alternatives fund platform launches with former Barings Europe CEO & Kirkbi CIO as advisers

Titanbay, an online platform, allows small and medium-sized institutional and professional private investors access to private equity

LLR Sells WorldAware to Rhone’s GardaWorld

GardaWorld Security has acquired WorldAware from LLR Partners. LLR acquired WorldAware (then iJET International) in December 2013. GardaWorld was acquired by Rhone Capital and members of its senior management team in March 2017 from Apax

Cortec’s Groundworks Closes Add-On

Groundworks, a portfolio company of Cortec Group, has acquired Foundation Systems of Michigan. This is the second add-on acquisition completed by Groundworks since Cortec acquired the company through its seventh fund in January 2020. Foundation

Align Invests in WilliamsMarston

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in WilliamsMarston, a provider of accounting advisory and management consulting services. WilliamsMarston provides specialized consulting services to public, private equity-backed, and pre-IPO companies to support mergers, acquisitions,

PE Weathering COVID-19

According to a new study by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), private equity-owned companies appear to be weathering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across multiple sectors and geographies. According to WTW, despite the subdued operating

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’

Caledonia to inject £22m into portfolio company Buzz Bingo as part of restructuring

The UK's biggest retail bingo company is looking to restructure, which will result in the closure of 26 stores and 570 redundancies

Riflebird-backed Piller Entgrattechnik acquired by SFO

Riflebird Capital portfolio company Piller Entgrattechnik has been acquired by family office SFO Gruppe.

Apax leads $65m series-B in PriceFX

Apax Partners has led a $65m series-B funding round in pricing software provider PriceFX.

Schroders considers investment trust to inject equity into UK SMEs hit by the pandemic

'For the UK economy to recover there needs to be greater availability of equity,' Schroders says

Live Briefing: ESG and rebalancing through secondaries

Unquote has teamed up with private equity fund marketplace Palico for a live briefing on Tuesday 21 July at 4pm BST.

BC Partners’ Wautier: What public market investors can learn from private equity

In times of unprecedented volatility, there is an added onus on investors to create long-term value by engaging constructively with portfolio companies

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

Greenbriar Continues Auto Service Build Up

GB Auto Service, a portfolio company of Greenbriar Equity Group, has acquired sister companies, Sun Devil Auto and Sun Auto Service (together Sun Devil Auto). Sun Devil Auto was founded by Joel Higginbotham in 1978

BV Teams with Becklar in Personal Emergency Response

BV Investment Partners has acquired Becklar, the parent company of sister companies, Freeus and AvantGuard. Freeus manufactures and sells mobile (home and away from home), two-way voice, personal emergency response systems (PERS) to dealers across

Round Table Launches New Platform

Round Table Capital Partners (RTC) has acquired Hull & Associates, a provider of environmental and engineering consulting services. Hull & Associates specializes in the environment, energy and infrastructure markets and its services include site assessment

Blackstone’s Life Sciences Fund Largest Ever

Blackstone has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final close of Blackstone Life Sciences V LP with $4.6 billion of capital. This is the largest life sciences private equity fund ever raised by any firm.

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