Private equity
14 May 2012
Simon Borrows is set to be unveiled as the new chief executive of the UK's largest private equity firm, 3i, according to reports.
01 May 2012
Peter McKellar, coordinating partner and CIO of SL Capital Partners and manager of the Standard Life European Private Equity trust, on the prospects for this unloved sector.
04 April 2012
Andrew Bell, chief executive of the £1.1bn Witan investment trust, has joined the chorus of disgruntled shareholders who are demanding radical change at private equity firm 3i.
19 March 2012
As Japan is poised to begin vital reconstruction work and its central bank’s recent actions give investors cause for optimism, wealth managers discuss their allocation to the region.
16 March 2012
Private equity is a common part of investors’ portfolios in the US, but over here it is viewed as a niche investment.
01 March 2012
Stephen Schwarzman, the Blackstone chief executive, took home $213.5m in pay and dividends in 2011, after seeing his pay jump by a third.
23 January 2012
At the start of the year all the investment houses like to roll out their investment plans with such confidence and aplomb.
21 July 2011
Joanna Faith discovers how retail investors can make ‘superior returns’ from an asset class that has traditionally been the preserve of institutional managers.
16 June 2011
The closed-ended structure is well suited to private equity investment says Hamish Mair, manager of the F&C Private Equity Trust.
29 November 2010
Ignis has hired Michiel Timmerman from Aberdeen Asset Management to run its newly created £2.5bn multi-manager unit.
26 November 2010
Fundsmith founder Terry Smith is set to lose one of the 22 stocks in his Equity fund to an acquisition, less than a month after the vehicle's launch.
15 November 2010
Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Stephen Lansdown is creating a new green private equity fund.
26 August 2010
The board of the £55m Henderson Private Equity investment trust has decided to close the vehicle as a result of its persistently wide discount and failure to grow assets under management.
30 July 2010
Private equity positions were the largest positive contributor to the Foreign & Colonial investment trust in the first half of the year, helping to offset the effects of BP’s dividend suspension.
31 May 2010
Not so long ago some predicted the end of the listed private equity industry. Were people right to listen?
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