3i Group Share News (III)

LONDON BRIEFING: UK Banks Pass Stress Test But Lloyds Better Than RBS

UPDATE 1-Britain's JD Sports buys Go Outdoors for 112 mln stg

(Adds detail) LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - British sportswear and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion has purchased Go Outdoors for 112.3 million pounds ($140.4 million), it said on Monday, beefing-up its presence in the outdoor clothing market. Based in Sheffield, northern England, Go O

Britain's JD Sports buys Go Outdoors for 112 mln stg

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - British sportswear and fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion has purchased privately-owned outdoor clothing specialist Go Outdoors for 112.3 million pounds ($140.4 million), it said on Monday. Go Outdoors, which is backed by 3i Group, trades from 58 UK stores, mainly

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: 3i Group Deputy Chairman Asquith Buys Shares

UPDATE 2-3i private equity returns reach almost 1 bln pounds at half year

(Adds share price explanation) By Dasha Afanasieva and Kit Rees LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - 3i Group said on Thursday its private equity business made returns of almost 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) in the six months to Sept. 30 after benefiting from the fall in sterling. Helpe

EXTRA: 3i Notes Accounts Issue At Agent Provocateur, Boosted By Action

CORRECTED-3i shareholder returns reach 1 bln pounds at half year

(Corrects headline, first and second paragraphs to show these are shareholder returns not returns to shareholders) LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Investment company 3i Group reported shareholder returns of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.24 billion) in the six months to Sept. 30 after benefitin

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks Add To Trump Bounce

3i Group reports increase first half NAV

(ShareCast News) - Private equity and venture capital group 3i Group reported on Thursday an increase in net asset value in the first half as its investments had little impact from the geopolitical uncertainty and financial market volatility. Net asset value per share rose to 551p at 30 September fr

TOP NEWS: 3i Hikes Interim Dividend By Third As Net Asset Value Rises

3i to sell debt management business to Investcorp

(ShareCast News) - Investment manager 3i Group is to sell its debt management business to Investcorp, a Bahrain-based manager of alternative investments, for around £222m to focus on growing its private equity and infrastructure portfolios. The deal, which is expected to close by the end of March, w

Bahrain's Investcorp says to buy 3i's debt-management business

DUBAI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Bahrain-based private equity investor Investcorp has agreed to acquire the debt-management business of Britain's 3i for 222 million pounds ($271 million), it said on Tuesday. The proposed transaction will add $12 billion to Investcorp's assets under management (AUM

3i Infrastructure shares up after pre-close update

(ShareCast News) - 3i Infrastructure posted a trading update on Tuesday, as it entered the close period for the six months to 30 September 2016. The AIM-traded firm said between 1 April and 2016 September, it raised £385m of new equity - specifically on 8 June 2016 - increased from the target size o

Four buyout groups shortlisted in sale of lighting maker SLV - sources

FRANKFURT, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Buyout group Cinven has short-listed four other private equity groups in its auction of German residential and technical lighting products maker SLV, people close to the matter said. Ardian, 3i, Triton and Lone Star have been asked to prepare second-round bid

Sunday newspaper round-up: Fed, China, Glencore, Diageo, National Grid

(ShareCast News) - Traders are betting that the US Federal Reserve will stand pat on interest rates this week, despite warnings that rising inflationary pressures could persuade the US central bank to hike. The Sunday Times reported that investors were assuming the flurry of weaker-than-expected eco