- Barclays Private Equity
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company_name = Barclays Private Equity
company_
company_type =Limited company
foundation =1982
key_people = Tom Lamb, Chairman of Investment Committee
location =
industry =Private Equity
products =Investments , private equity funds
assets =
homepage = [http://www.bpe.com/ www.bpe.com]
num_employees = 45 [ [http://www.bpe.com/ www.bpe.com] ]Barclays Capital is the
Private Equity division ofBarclays plc . They have seven offices across four countries. Started in 1982 they invested in over 350 businesses includingAdmiral Group andDial-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.
References
External links
* [http://www.bpe.com/ Barclays Private Equity]
* [http://www.privateequityawards.com/ Private Equity Awards]
* [http://www.dialaphone.co.uk Dial-a-Phone Mobile Phones]
* [http://www.admiral.com Admiral Group]
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