Barclays Private Equity (BPE) is the Private Equity division of Barclays Capital, the Investment Banking arm of Barclays plc. BPE have seven offices across four countries. Started in 1982 they have invested in over 350 businesses including Admiral Group and Dial-a-Phone. Typically €500m is invested per annum in 10-15 transactions. Individual transactions usually range between €10m and €150m.
The team also invests in infrastructure projects sponsored predominantly under the Government's Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnerships (PPP). From the launch of the first infrastructure fund in 1997, Barclays Private Equity has raised in excess of £1 billion across five dedicated infrastructure funds.
Barclays Private Equity was voted the “Fund of the Year” in 2006 by the Private Equity Awards.
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| Merchant banking private equity groups (current and prior) | | ABN Amro: AAC Capital Partners ●● Bank of America: BAML Capital Partners●● Barclays Capital: Barclays Private Equity ●● Bear Stearns:: Irving Place Capital (fka BSMB) ●● CIBC World Markets: Trimaran Capital Partners ●● Citigroup: Metalmark Capital, Court Square Capital Partners, CVC Capital Partners ●● Credit Suisse: DLJ Merchant Banking, Avista Capital Partners, Diamond Castle Holdings ●● Deutsche Bank: MidOcean Partners ●● First Chicago Bank (defunct): Madison Dearborn Partners, GTCR ●● Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs Capital Partners ●● JPMorgan Chase: CCMP Capital (fka JPMorgan Partners), One Equity Partners ●● Lazard: Lazard Alternative Investments ●● Lehman Brothers (defunct): Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking ●● Merrill Lynch: Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity ●● Morgan Stanley: Metalmark Capital, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners ●● UBS: UBS Capital, Affinity Equity Partners, Capvis, Lightyear Capital ●● Wachovia: Wachovia Capital Partners ●● William Blair & Company: Chicago Growth Partners, William Blair Capital Partners |  | | | List of investment banking private equity groups | |
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