PE has a London problem – and it is hurting the UK

PE has a London problem – and it is hurting the UK

Ewan MacKinnon, a partner of Glasgow-based private equity company Maven Capital Partners, didn’t know what he was missing until his firm opened an office in Newcastle. For years, Maven staff used to scour for deals in the North-East of England from its Edinburgh...
Private equity vultures circle the stragglers

Private equity vultures circle the stragglers

John Grayken, a US private equity entrepreneur, is dubbed “the executioner from Texas” by the German press. In South Korea, his firm, Lone Star, is known as meoktwi — eat-and-run capital. Lone Star is among the buyout giants now circling ailing British firms. Last...