Eddie Bauer has completed the previously announced sale of its assets and operations to Golden Gate Capital for USD286m in cash.

The number of private equity houses is expected to fall significantly over the next 24 months, according to a survey carried out by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and financial

Axa Private Equity, the European diversified private equity house, has finalised the acquisition of Babcock & Brown International Group’s wind assets in France.

The three executive directors of Close Growth Capital have bought the business out of Close Brothers and changed its name to Growth Capital Partners. Growth Capital Partners provides structured equity, a combined equity and debt product, to the UK’s small to medium sized businesses.   Bill Crossan (pictured), managing partner

Mid-market private equity house LDC has backed the management buyout of Liverpool-based workplace financial education and benefits firm JPMorgan Invest, which has been re-branded Wealth At

Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team have played a key role in a transaction involving Germany1 Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company registered in Guernsey and listed

Kneip, a service provider to the investment fund industry, has expanded its network with the opening of an office in London.

LDC, the private equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group, has invested an additional GBP8.3m into Microlease, a European provider of rental and asset management services to the test equi

Electra Private Equity’s new wholly-owned subsidiary, Electra Private Equity Investments, has undertaken an institutional cash placing through the issue of zero dividend preference shar