Lake Como has been a popular holiday retreat for Hollywood stars including George Clooney and Tom Cruise. Soon their new neighbours could be London’s fleeing private equity executives. The tranquil ...

SS&C Technologies Holdings has struck a deal to buy funds network operator Calastone from private-equity firm Carlyle Group for roughly $1 billion.

Ardian has acquired a majority stake in GBA Group, a German provider of laboratory services to food, environment and pharmaceutical sectors, including the growing medical cannabis market, for an ...

The founder of maternity brand Seraphine has hit out at its private equity owner following the company’s collapse into administration. French fashion entrepreneur Cécile Reinaud openly criticised ...

Growth private equity firm TA Associates has promoted its veteran managing partner Ajit Nedungadi as chief executive officer amid a string of global promotions. Based in the firm's London office, ...

As private equity firms set diversity targets for their portfolio companies to get more women in leadership roles, one says a gender-blind policy is the way to go. London-based BC Partners hires chief ...

BC Partners is set to take Italian machinery maker IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche private in a deal valuing the company at about €2.9bn. The private equity firm will take a 20% stake in Societa ...

WeWork has agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal that would take the shared-office provider public nearly two years after its high-profile failure to launch a ...

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to buy run-off insurance services business RiverStone Europe from Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings for about $750m. The seller would also be entitled to get as much ...

BlackRock’s long-term private equity fund is set to acquire Aquila Heywood, a British provider of software for public and private sector pension schemes, the giant asset manager confirmed today. The ...

Swiss investment firm Capital Dynamics has held a final close for its latest secondaries fund at $786m, above the original $700m target, the firm said. The vehicle, Capital Dynamics Global Secondaries ...

Horizon Capital, the London-based private equity firm, has sold fleet management business Connexas to Sweden-based data and communications company AddSecur Group, for an undisclosed sum. Connexas ...