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London, Friday, February 20, 2009 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) : If the first and second volumes of working papers by the World Economic Forum (WEF) are to be believed then, private equity-backed firms are typically “better managed” than companies without PE funding. Though the private equity activity has slowed sharply due to deepening financial crisis, [...]
London, Monday, December 08, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) : The European Union (EU) is reported to be drafting a new set of EU-wide rules for financial services aimed at regulating hedge-funds, which have been blamed for exacerbating the global financial crisis. While the results of the consultation will be made known early next year, there [...]
According to Grant Thornton, private equity (PE) deals have increased from $2.03 bn in 2005 (124 deals) to $19.03 bn in 2007 (405 deals). The value of total deals announced in 2007 increased by around 150% over 2006.
London, Thursday, March 20, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :The private equity sector will experience tough operating conditions for the next two years, one of the UK’s highest profile financiers has warned. Guy Hands of the Terra Firma group said that many of the firms which have been acquired by the buyout companies have been [...]
London, Monday, March 17, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) :A surge of private equity-backed takeovers of UK firms is expected in the first three months of the year as the owners of firms mobilise to sell their companies ahead of the imposition of new rules for capital gains tax (CGT). Under the new regulations unveiled [...]
London, Friday, January 25, 2008 ARANCA News Report (www.aranca.com) 
rivate equity companies stand to benefit from the current market turbulence, staff at some of the UK smaller leveraged buy out firms have claimed. According to executives at Dunedin, PPM Capital, Matrix Private Equity Partners and Close Growth Capital, the current slump in the markets means [...]
