Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:55Ms Barker, who is a senior adviser to Credit Suisse, is also a director of Electra Private Equity, Taylor Wimpey and the Yorkshire Building Society. She and Lord Burns – chairman of Channel 4 and Santander UK – join the OBR as the political debate ...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:24As the fortunes of private equity have waxed and waned since 3i was listed in 1994 so has its rating. For long periods it traded at a premium. At the height of the tech boom its share price approached £11 but as the bubble burst the shares collapsed. ...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:25Private banks and advisers had been cautious about returning to private equity funds after many suffered during the financial crisis. Funds that had borrowed too much money, and invested too heavily, saw their share prices fall more than 60 per cent ...