Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A fertile market for private equity groups selling off assets has boosted returns at SVG, the UK-listed ...

SVG Capital has agreed to sell half of its assets to two private equity firms and wind itself down, in a complex bid to fend off a hostile takeover by US rival HarbourVest. The FTSE-250 firm has been ...

Private equity investor SVG Capital said asset values rose steeply in the first half as it kicked off a review of its longer term investment plans that could see it return money to investors via share ...

Hugo Boss's owner SVG Capital continued to gain momentum during the first quarter of the year with a 15 per cent jump in the value of its assets. The quoted proxy for giant private-equity group ...