Private Equity Private equity gets creative to buy time for more gains - clients say ‘pay me now’Data from Evercore shows continuation funds and other complex transactions fashioned by private equity firms fell 25 per cent last year from 2021’s record $68 billion
Companies Dutch private equity firm acquires two Irish companies in €50 million renewable energy investmentWaterland has acquired a majority stake in Caldor Solar and Zetta Home Services
Investing High alert: Why the latest private equity innovation is worrying central bankersNav-financing is growing rapidly in the private equity market, but regulators are watching closely
Banking UK banks to consider private equity risks after BoE warningLloyds’ finance chief said his bank was ‘careful’ when it comes to risk, amid pressure on lenders
Banking Need to ‘shine a light’ on risks of ‘opaque’ private equity market, says Bank of EnglandNathanaël Benjamin said the Bank of England was ‘doings its homework’ on the risks in private equity markets
Companies State pumps €60m into London fund to support Irish businesses Exponent’s new fund will support Irish firms as part of its growing activity here, which included the deal to buy Galway-based Chanelle Pharma
Markets Ken Fisher: Rural Ireland has all the ingredients to become new Silicon ValleyModern technology means we are no longer prisoners of geography. Ireland should look outside Dublin for its next tech unicorn, Ken Fisher writes
Companies US private equity giant Blackstone eyes €800m deal for Irish data centre companyThe US investment fund is in talks to buy Winthrop Technologies, the data centre developer founded by businessman Barry English
Private Equity Isif agrees €25m investment in SME Impact fund run by AIB and ForesightThe state-backed sovereign investment fund said the commitment is part of its plan to invest €1bn in climate-related projects
Companies BGF private equity invested over €20m in Irish firms last year after completing two new dealsThe London-headquartered private equity fund has invested almost €115 million in Irish companies since it first entered the market in 2017
Companies Ireland’s M&A pipeline: experts predict a rebound in 2024Despite the headwinds last year, activity in the Irish market remained strong and five people involved forecast another buoyant year
Companies Combined revenues at Waterland’s Irish companies surpass €350m The Dutch private equity firm has invested more than €100 million in the Irish market to date and currently owns three Irish companies
Private Equity Exponent Private Equity to create new operations base in DublinThe London-headquartered private equity firm recently received approval from the Central Bank to operate as an alternative investment fund manager
Private Equity Gresham House launches €65m investment fund targeting fast-growing Irish companiesThe new fund will investment up to €10m in businesses with strong underlying profitability valued between €10m and €60m
M&A Erisbeg completes €17m deal to acquire majority stake in British IT service firm FruitionThe Dublin-based private equity fund said the deal will add to its existing portfolio of IT focused companies
The Big Interview ‘There’s a massive slowdown in private equity’ – Ross Finegan, Lonsdale Capital PartnersThe co-founder of the private equity firm believes Irish investment companies should work together rather than allowing large indigenous business to be snapped up by overseas players
Companies Private equity firm Erisbeg acquires majority stake in Meath based EMR EMR has revenue of over €18 million
Companies Longford-based Panelto Foods acquired by private equity backed European Bakery GroupThe privately-owned Irish bakery company will be folded into a new European-wide company that owns other bakeries in Germany and the Netherlands
Private Equity John Walsh: Time is right for state to let go of its bank holdingsFunded wholly by deposits, Irish banks are insulated from the sharp rise in the cost of funding that has put many US and EU banks at risk
Big Read Negative equity: private companies face valuation write-downs as new reality bitesStripe’s vertiginous drops in value are just the most high-profile example of a problem facing many private companies as the market loses its froth