Andy Thomson
The recent announcement that UK pension fund Railpen has set aside four percent of total assets for allocation to hedge funds should come as no surprise: it has always been an adventurous investor. Andy Thomson reports.
The Paris-based private equity group has launched its first Asian fund of funds with a closing target of between $150 million and $200 million.
Yates Group, the UK wine bar chain, is being acquired by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz just nine months after being backed by private equity firm GI Partners.
High profile private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners is the lead investor in the £90m purchase of a UK gas connection business from Centrica.
Terra Firma Capital Partners is set to sign terms to acquire German property group Viterra for €7 billion in Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.