Private Equity

Baillie Gifford, Aberdeen Group and BlackRock lead the pack with multiple nominations at this year's Scottish Financial Services Awards shortlist, which has just been revealed. The flagship industry celebration recognises the contribution that both firms and their people have made to the financial s

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has called on Chancellor John Healey to remove stamp duty by the end of this parliamentary term to unlock growth. Investors must pay 0.5% stamp duty tax to the UK Government when buying UK shares or other chargeable securities, which the AIC warns is mak

Caledonian Holdings has completed the launch of its multi-currency business current account, including a Mastercard world business debit card through its subsidiary Aspire Commerce Group. The AIM quoted investment company said the launch represents a commercial milestone for the company following it

M&G Investments has promoted Jen Braswell to global head of impact. Braswell joins from Swedish private equity EQT, where she worked as managing director of global equity for more than three years before leaving in 2025. Since January 2026, she worked as a senior impact advisor to responsAbility

Partners Group Private Equity has extended the amount of shares it is allocating to a realisation share class from 30% to 40%, warning that the investment vehicle will wind down completely if demand exceeds that figure. The firm made the change following conversations with "significant institutional

Fidelity European Trust has reported a total return on its net asset value of 6.4% against 10.3% for its benchmark, the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index, during the six months to 30 June 2026. The share price fell further behind net asset value (NAV) as the discount to NAV widened over the period. Cont

LAVA Advisory Partners has expanded into the US, opening an office in New York's Chrysler Building and appointing two new staff to lead the move US-based M&A professionals Carlo Porreca and Helen Dixon have joined the London- based mid-market M&A advisory firm as partners. Porreca brings nea

Toscafund Asset Management-led consortium to acquire Spire Health for 250p in cash per Spire share, valuing the hospital operator at £1.03billion, with an implied enterprise value of £2.3bn The offer represents a 66.2% premium to Spire’s undisturbed share price of 150.4p on 13 May

Swedish private equity firm EQT is to acquire a majority stake in McGill and Partners for $2bn from Warburg Pincus. Founder and chief executive Steve McGill will continue to lead the firm, while chairman John Lloyd will remain actively involved. Both will remain as significant shareholders alongside

Nucleus Financial has recorded a profit of £61.5m for the 2025 financial year following its acquisition drive. Its adjusted profit rose 3% from £102m to £105.2m. Profit before tax was up 22% to £61.5m from £50.3m in 2024. The Edinburgh based company's total assets under

John Swinney has promised to advance the Scottish Government's £1.5 billion bond plans, nicknamed 'kilts', to help attract new investment into Scotland, as he unveiled his programme for government. The First Minister pledged to "deliver the investment needed to achieve Scotland’s economi

CVC Capital Partners is considering whether to counter Veritas Capital's firm offer to acquire British engineering firm Bodycote in a deal valued at about £1.85bn, including debt. The New York private equity firm is offering to pay 940 pence per share, 932.8p in cash plus 7.2p interim dividend

German insurance giant Allianz is considering a £5bn bid to acquire AA after the company's private equity owners put it for sale late last year. The private equity consortium of TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus owns the majority stake in Britain's self-styled "fourth emergency se

Partners Group Private Equity has blamed the Middle East conflict for dashing its hopes of recovery after its portfolio fell 8.6%. Non-executive chair Peter McKellar stated there was hope at the start of the year that transactions in private equity would pick up but it was cut short by the uncertain

Columbia Threadneedle Private Equity Trust saw its share price discount to Net Asset Value (NAV) widen from 21.2% to 28.9% in the six months to June 30, 2026, driving a 9.3% fall in its share price total return despite NAV holding broadly flat. The company's NAV was £497.0 million, equivalent