William Davies, Head of European Equities, Threadneedle, examines the prospects for Europe against a backdrop of austerity packages. The difficulties facing peripheral European economies are well-documented, with austerity packages in markets such as Greece, Spain and the UK likely to subdue activity over the medium term as taxes rise and
Slow growth, heavy discounting and more fickle shoppers in recession-weary developed markets mean retailers should be increasingly focused on international expansion, according to the ninth annual Global Retail Development Index study from management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. “Retail executives have learned again that core markets like the US and Europe
The World Gold Council, a market development organisation for the gold industry, and Augmentum Capital, a growth capital fund backed by RIT Capital Partners, have invested in BullionVault, an online gold investment platform. The World Gold Council and Augmentum have completed a GBP12.5m funding round in the company in exchange
An affiliate of Castle Harlan Partners V has completed the acquisition of IDQ, a provider of Do-it-Yourself branded automotive aftermarket products for servicing and repairing automotive air conditioners. The total transaction is valued at approximately USD160m before working capital adjustments. Castle Harlan says the company will continue to operate under
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of portfolio company IDQ to Castle Harlan for approximately USD170m. The sale of IDQ, which is expected to return in excess of 8x invested capital, follows Arsenal’s April 2010 sale of Genovique Specialties which returned to investors
Ares Capital, a middle market capital provider, and Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity and mezzanine investor, have entered into an agreement to collaborate in bringing debt capital to small and middle-market companies in the information, education, media and marketing services industries. Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Ares Capital will team
When New York private equity law firm Schwartz celebrates its fifth anniversary later this year, it will do so from new offices at 75 Rockefeller Plaza. Schwartz founder and managing partner Kenneth Schwartz says: “Our new office will bring us much closer to our New York-based private equity clients and
Alpstar Capital, a European asset manager and investment adviser, has bought a company in the cement sector in the Netherlands and has completed a direct lending facility to an energy-related company in Spain. "We are delighted to have completed two private transactions that evidence our credit skills in identifying and
A study by Edhec has called into question the method and the data used by the European regulator to measure the risk of private equity investments, in particular the correlation coefficient of performance of private equity and that of listed equities. The drawing-up of Solvency II prudential rules has become
Change Capital Partners, the private equity firm specialising in retail and consumer industries, along with the founders Tim Whitworth and Carl Brewins, have reached an agreement on the sale of Republic, the young adult fashion retailer, to funds managed by buyout group TPG Capital. Finance details were not disclosed.
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