The deteriorating global economic outlook, difficult funding conditions in the bank markets and ongoing volatility in financial markets will strain the credit quality of European compan

Kornicis Group, the bar and restaurant chain backed by NBGI Private Equity, has acquired the Smollensky’s Bar & Grill brand together with two sites at Canary Wharf and the Strand.

TSG Consumer Partners, a private equity firm and investor in branded consumer products companies, has named John M Kenney as a managing director and partner of the firm.

The Net Lease Group, owned by US private equity firm Angelo Gordon, has acquired five of Consolidated Container Company’s manufacturing and distribution facilities for USD34.3m.

Smaller quoted companies feel that the stock market does not fairly value their business making many open to private equity alternatives, according to a survey by accountants and busine

A veteran US private equity executive has called for the end of fair-value accounting, declaring that ‘the rule as written promotes instability in the markets, rather than transparency

Ludgate Environmental Fund, an AIM-listed investment company focused on companies within the environmental/cleantech sector, has invested EUR3m into agri.capital, a specialist developer

Babson Capital Management, an investment management firm based in Massachusetts and North Carolina, has closed Tower Square Capital Partners III, a USD1.58bn mezzanine and private equit