Jonn Elledge

The Paris-based lower midmarket firm has raised €122 million for its second fund.

Homegrown firms operating in the European LBO market account for the bulk of fees paid to investment banks so far this year, according to figures from Thomson Financial and Freeman & Co.

The UK buyout firm has bought a majority stake in Germany’s largest loyalty card scheme Payback in a deal valued at €225 million.

The UK mid-market specialist has made four times its money on its investment in Fosbel via a secondary disposal to American Capital Strategies.

The involvement of George Soros in private equity is coming to an end after a career that touched the industry in many different ways. By Jonn Elledge.

ISIS Equity Partners, led by Wol Kolade, will soon cease to be a captive operation – a move prompted less by a hunger for independence than a pragmatic view on hindering accounting rules, writes Jonn Elledge.

ISIS Equity Partners, led by Wol Kolade, will soon cease to be a captive operation – a move prompted less by a hunger for independence than a pragmatic view on hindering accounting rules, writes Jonn Elledge.