The UK and Ireland’s most active investment fund pumped a record £165m into London and South East businesses in last year, new figures from the firm have revealed. BGF, established in 2011 as the Business Growth Fund, made 18 separate investments in the region...
Britain’s Clinigen Group Plc has agreed to a sweetened takeover offer by UK-based private equity firm Triton, valuing the pharmaceutical services firm at about $1.78bn. Shareholders in Clinigen, whose top investor is hedge fund Elliott, will receive 925 pence per...
Bankers are putting together major financing packages in preparation of a potential private equity bid for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare business, according to reports. Lenders are reportedly modelling debt packages of between £20bn and £25bn in sterling,...
Bain Capital is in advanced talks to buy outsourcing firm VXI Global Solutions from Carlyle Group, people familiar with the matter said, five years after selling its stake in the business to its private equity rival. Boston-based Bain is in the final stages of...
The stock market boom has created an insatiable appetite for exchange-traded funds, which make it easy for traders to invest in many of the world’s top companies all at once. That’s great news for BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager.... 