Jo Nash

GMT Communication Partners has bought a construction information business from Candover and Cinven-backed Springer Science & Business Media. The firm will merge this business with portfolio company Docu Group to create Europe’s biggest provider of business information.

A private equity consortium led by Providence Equity Partners is reportedly preparing a $15 billion bid for UK cable business Virgin Media.

The private equity market is a tricky asset class to invest in – so pension funds have been warned. What are some of the risks that pension funds ought to consider?

CCMP Capital Asia is reportedly set to start fundraising for its CCMP Asia Opportunity Fund III, just two years after closing its predecessor.

Beijing-based private equity group Origo Sino-India has hired John Blake as managing director of mergers and acquisitions.

European Venture Partners, a provider of venture debt products, has changed its name to Kreos Capital and has closed its third fund on €200m.

Aureos Capital, an emerging markets private equity firm, is raising a $100m fund for investments in central Asia as it seeks to capitalise on the region’s thriving SME sector.

3i, a listed European private equity group, has partnered with the India Infrastructure Finance Company for future infrastructure deals in the country.

Buyout firm Bridgepoint Capital has emerged as the preferred bidder for UK-based Leeds Bradford Airport. Its offer, which according to reports is worth about £130 million, has trumped that of four other bidders.

Russian private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners has raised a $1 billion buyout fund for investments in the former Soviet countries.