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PE and the EPL: The changing face of football…
August is a big month for football. The English Premier League kicked off last night, and in Australia, the quarter finals of the Women’s World Cup take place today. Against this backdrop, it feels like the right time...

Progress in private equity: tracking consumer sector investment priorities…
Last summer, The MBS Group undertook research to better understand how Covid-19 had impacted the private equity landscape in the consumer-facing sector. Our report – Responding to Covid-19: A new talent landscape, and...

Opportunity amid the disruption? Exploring private equity’s appetite for…
Covid-19 has caused never-before-seen disruption for the hundreds of private equity funds which invest in consumer industries across Europe. During this time, funds have been required to provide huge packages of...

The alternative asset class looks to alternative investment strategies
Private equity firms have more cash than ever before. The success of the asset class over the past five decades and the increasing difficulty of generating impressive returns in the conventional financial markets have...

The business case for investing in ethical companies
‘Ethical’, while not a dirty word in business, certainly has some way to go to rehabilitate its reputation in the corporate community. Though CSR initiatives and departments have multiplied in recent years, the fact...

Q&A with Level 20 founder Jennifer Dunstan
As part of my research for our latest white paper on the case for gender diversity in private equity, I spoke with Jennifer Dunstan, founder of Level 20, to talk about how the industry can, should, and is changing to...

The Case for Gender Diversity in Private Equity
At the SuperReturn conference in Berlin in 2017, Advent International managing director James Brocklebank got up on stage to declare ‘There not enough women in the industry’. Indeed, in 2017 the number of women in...

Tanzanian orange, Sicilian lemons and Congolese quinine: the Fever-Tree…
Fever-Tree began, as many great companies do, in a pub. Founders Tim Warrillow and Charles Rolls had been put in contact by a mutual acquaintance and though they were supposed to talk about gin, the subject that really...

Boutique and Bespoke: the present and future of the…
Yoga isn’t just yoga anymore; it’s hot yoga, aerial yoga and yin yoga. There’s even face yoga, laughter yoga and circus yoga, whatever they are! Likewise, pilates can come in a dizzying array of shapes and...
Latest Private Equity News
US private equity firm Trive Capital buys Ten Entertainment The London-listed owner of Tenpin bowling alleys has agreed to a £287m takeover by Trive Capital. Ten Entertainment operates 52 sites in the UK. Read more.
Kester Capital eyes Jolleyes sale The private equity owner of the pet food and products retailer Jolleyes is considering a potential sale. According to reports, Kester Capital could bring in as much as £100m through a sale. Read more.
JAB Holdings’ Panera Brands files for IPO According to reports, the US-based casual dining group owned by JAB Holdings has confidentially filed for an IPO. Panera Brands owns the Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee, and Einstein Bros Bagels brands. Read more.
Imbiba-backed Temper reports strong sales Temper, the modern barbecue restaurant concept backed by Imbiba, has posed a strong set of results for the year to 26 February. Turnover reached £8.7m at the business, up from £6.3m in 2022. Temper has also announced plans for a new concept. Read more.
Pret to bring total number of roadside sites to more than 40 in early 2024 The JAB Holdings-backed sandwich chain has said that it plans to surpass the 40-mark in the first quarter of 2024, with four new openings in partnership with Moto. The company currently operates 36 roadside sites. Read more.
Pet care company Rover Group bought by Blackstone In a deal worth $2.3bn, Rover has been taken private by Blackstone. Rover, which initially went public via a SPAC deal in 2021, is an online marketplace where pet care providers offer services such as dog walking and in-home pet sitting. Read more.
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