Blackstone portfolio company Center Parcs is to start construction on a fifth site at Woburn (Bedfordshire) to complement its four existing sites. Investment funds managed by Blackstone, will support this important capital project by committing to invest approximately GBP100m of new cash equity into the business. Four leading UK banks
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust PLC, the private equity investment trust managed by Dunedin the UK mid-market private equity house, has reported a significant increase in value across its portfolio, as reflected by the uplift in net asset value announced for the year to 31 December 2011. During 2011 Dunedin Enterprise’s
The European Commission is launching a process to review European pension regulation with Michel Barnier (pictured), European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services opening a public hearing on the review of the “IORP Directive”. The European Commission aims to make important elements of the Solvency II legislation for insurance companies
Record levels of corporate cash and historically low interest rates may provide the catalysts to fuel a rise in the level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity this year, according to a survey of 825 executives conducted by KPMG and Knowledge@Wharton, the research and analysis arm of The Wharton School
Last year’s ‘Enterprise’ budget paved the way for increased investment in the UK’s smaller unlisted companies. The higher bank lending targets agreed under Project Merlin along with a relaxation of the rules governing VCTs promised greater flexibility for funding. VCT managers surveyed by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) have
Silverfleet Capital, in conjunction with mergermarket, has published the findings of its 2011 Buy & Build Monitor, which show a significant slowdown in Buy & Build activity. While overall 2011 saw Buy & Build activity increase both in volume and value terms, the number of add-on transactions decreased considerably during
3i, an international investor focused on private equity, infrastructure and debt management, and funds managed by 3i have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Geka, a manufacturer of brushes, applicators and comprehensive packaging systems for the cosmetics industry. The company is being acquired from Halder, an investor focused on
The German private equity market has yet to recover from the slump in the autumn, based on the evidence of several indicators from the private equity panel polled by CMS Hasche Sigle and FINANCE. The headwinds generated by the euro crisis and the stock market crash in the summer have
Ahead of the March 2012 Budget, the BVCA has called on the UK Government to take immediate action to boost the financing of SMEs and start-ups and in the medium term, improve the competitiveness of the UK’s tax and regulatory regime. Financing SMEs: We urgently need policy to encourage
A welcome inclusion in South Africa’s national budget on Wednesday was a further commitment to a broad-based investment manager exemption, says Rupert Worsdale (pictured), partner with Maitland, London… It was proposed that a legislative carve-out be created for foreign investment funds so that these funds are not inadvertently subject to
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