Epiris eyes KKR’s struggling Casual Dining Group

UK PE firm Epiris is in talks to buy KKR-backed restaurant operator Casual Dining Group, according to Sky News. Other suitors for the crisis-hit business include Elliott Management, but Epiris is understood to be the frontrunner. CDG, which is behind restaurant...
Julius Baer to offer private equity to ultra-wealthy clients

Julius Baer to offer private equity to ultra-wealthy clients

Julius Baer has poached a senior executive from rival Swiss wealth manager UBS to set up a new division offering private equity and debt investments to its ultra-wealthy clients. The move illustrates how a prolonged period of low interest rates has forced the likes of...
Buyouts Spark 56% Gain for Toronto’s Bedford Park Capital

Buyouts Spark 56% Gain for Toronto’s Bedford Park Capital

Early bets on two acquisition targets propelled a Toronto-based hedge fund to a 55.6% gain during the second quarter. Bedford Park Capital, run by the firm’s portfolio manager and CEO Jordan Zinberg, first purchased shares in gaming firm Seven Aces Ltd. at C$0.96 in...
Pandemic freezes secondary market

Pandemic freezes secondary market

The coronavirus has brought the private equity secondary market to a halt with buyers and sellers re-evaluating pricing and risk Early this year, the private equity secondary market had just started heating up as buyers prepared for a wave of deals, both from...