EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot Issue 27

EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot Issue 27

Welcome to the 27th issue of the EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot (PEMS), a quarterly publication focusing on the Private Equity (PE) market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from S&P Global Market Intelligence. From a numbers perspective, mega deals...
UK public pension funds suffer £2bn hit to oil investments

UK public pension funds suffer £2bn hit to oil investments

The value of oil company shares owned by UK public pension funds has fallen by £2bn in less than four years as pressure mounts on retirement schemes to withdraw their support from environmentally damaging fossil fuel producers. Pension funds across the world have made...
Carlyle sells stake in PA Consulting

Carlyle sells stake in PA Consulting

Carlyle has sold its stake in PA Consulting Group in a deal valuing the UK-based advisory firm at £1.8bn, which ends a highly-acquisitive five-year period of private equity ownership. Dallas-based US consultancy Jacobs Engineering Group will buy a 65 per cent stake in...