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To provide its shareholders with quoted access to private equity and infrastructure returns, its main focus is on making quoted and unquoted equity and/ or debt investments in businesses and funds in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Find out MoreInternational private equity company 3i Group saw an 'encouraging increase in activity' in its markets in the final quarter of 2010. The group invested £183m in the three month period at the end of the year, bringing the total investment for the first nine months of the group's financial year up to
27 Jan 11 09:08Footsie closed little changed, which wasn't a bad result given a triple-digit loss for the Dow when it opened. Ireland was the story breaking as the trading day closed. Yields on benchmark Irish bonds rose to over 9% on reports that the EU might have step in and bail the country out. José Manuel
11 Nov 10 16:44An early three-digit loss on Wall Street has the Footsie near its worst levels of the day, with financials the biggest fallers. Insurers Aviva, L&G and Standard Life are deep in the red, as are and RBS and Barclays on fears about Irish debt. Metal heavyweights are limiting the deficit though. Most
11 Nov 10 14:24Big gains from mining companies have failed to haul Footsie into positive territory. The metals groups have marched higher from the off. Antofagasta, Kazakhmys, Xstrata, Fresnillo and Rio Tinto are in demand, as is oil major BP. Iron specialist Ferrexpo is the best performer. Cash is pouring in, o
11 Nov 10 12:14Blue chips started pretty much as expected, posting reasonable gains in response to yesterday's steady recovery on Wall Street, with commodity plays leading the pack. The Dow Jones was trading deep in the red when London shut up shop Wednesday, but shed nerves ahead of today's G20 meeting in Seoul
11 Nov 10 08:16Private equity house 3i ramped up investment and swung into profit during the first half. Profit before tax came in at £54m for the six months ended 30 September compared with a £57 loss in 2009, helped by a much smaller exchange rate hit. The net portfolio return rose by £4m to £236m. 3i realised
11 Nov 10 07:53Footsie is moving ahead today thanks to a wide range of companies. Chip designer ARM is clawing back some of its recent losses. Vodafone has spent another £21.7m on buying back shares. That takes the total spent since 16 September to £464.5m. The share price has risen by more than 8% in the past
28 Oct 10 12:57Private equity investor 3i has purchased more of its bonds in the market for cancellation. The group bought a total of £37.3m of 3i Group plc 3.625% Convertible Bond due 2011, leaving £167.5m of the bonds still out there in the market. The market purchases signal a return to the buy-back programme
19 Oct 10 08:29A last hour slump sent Footsie into the red by the close of a roller-coaster day. The index had been over 50 points higher in mid-afternoon after US second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) was revised upwards to show a 1.7% quarterly increase. But the Dow turned down sharply soon after, draggin
30 Sep 10 16:48Leading equities stormed higher after US second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) was revised upwards to show a 1.7% quarterly increase. Although this represented a slow-down from the 3.7% gain in the first quarter economists had not been expecting any improvement on the previous estimated gain,
30 Sep 10 15:02Investors are holding fire ahead of this afternoon's release of US gross domestic product data. The downgrading of the credit rating of Spanish sovereign debt came as little surprise and has had minimal effect on sentiment, as has news that the bail out of Anglo Irish Bank could cost Ireland as much
30 Sep 10 12:00Yesterday's drab showing by Wall Street has engendered a cautious mood on this side of the pond, sending London's leading share index into the red. There has been plenty of corporate news for traders to get their teeth into, much of it relating to the food sector. Compass Group has headed south ev
30 Sep 10 08:36Yesterday's drab showing by Wall Street has engendered a cautious mood on this side of the pond, and dealers expect the FTSE 100 to open around 25 points down from its close last night. There has been plenty of corporate news for traders to get their teeth into, much of it relating to the food sect
30 Sep 10 07:31Private equity house 3i spent much more money on investments and sold far less during the five months to the end of August, it revealed ahead of meetings with analysts and investors. The blue chip firm made investments of £257m during the period, up from £155m last year when the financial crisis wa
30 Sep 10 07:04Investors have reacted favourably to Unilever's $3.7bn (£2.3bn) purchase of Alberto Culver, the owner of such brands as TRESemmé, Nexxus, VO5, St Ives and Simple. Barclays Capital has launched research into Autonomy with an overweight rating and has Sage at equalweight. Vedanta Resources is high
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