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Full coverage: Private equity

Goldman Sachs Alternatives enters the Irish accountancy market

Goldman Sachs has acquired AAB, the owner of Ormsby & Rhodes, one of Ireland's oldest accountancy firms. The move will support its Irish growth plans.

Tom Lyons
1st Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

Irish-founded Kerga makes its second acquisition with German ready-to-drink specialist

Kerga, a joint-venture between BiaVest and Development Capital, has bought a German business after previously acquiring Nomadic Dairy. Münsterland is a 100-year-old business best known for co-manufacturing Jimmy’s Iced Coffee.

Tom Lyons
1st Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

“We’d love to grow the UK business to be at least as successful as the Irish business”

Irish real estate investor Lugus Capital has expanded into the UK with the hire of ex-Goldman Sachs investor James Ghent. He tells The Currency about the firm's plans for the new market.

Michael Cogley
27th Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

Inside the UK’s plan to boost investing: “If it increases the plurality of small funds, that’s only a good thing”

The UK government has set about reducing the regulatory burden placed on smaller private fund managers while also securing a commitment from the pension industry to pump billions of pounds into British SMEs. Will it work?

Michael Cogley
18th Jun, 2025 - 6 min read

Irish accountancy and advisory firms enter a new phase as private equity backers weigh up exits

Ireland's accountancy sector has become synonymous with private equity in recent years. Now a number PE-backed UK firms with Irish presences are reportedly exploring a sale as the industry enters a new phase.

Michael Cogley
30th May, 2025 - 6 min read

Bronto: a start-up that starts with a story – and a (logging) solution

Noel Ruane and Trevor Parsons have helped build some of Ireland’s biggest tech successes. Now, they’ve teamed up to launch Bronto, a start-up determined to modernise how the world handles log data at scale. It is a multibillion-dollar opportunity.

Tom Lyons
20th May, 2025 - 12 min read

Eight banks, two regulators, one investor, and a new power interconnector

The Greenlink Interconnector went into commercial operation in April. Built mostly on time and on budget, the project was the first privately financed interconnector in Europe. The Currency spoke to CEO James O'Reilly.

Alice Chambers
16th May, 2025 - 8 min read

“We actively track hundreds of companies in Ireland at the moment”

London-based private equity firm Queen's Park Equity has just raised a £305m fund. Investors Mark Crowley and Alison Price speak to The Currency about its plans to start investing in Ireland.

Michael Cogley
2nd May, 2025 - 9 min read

“An extra voice in people’s heads”: How Trump’s tariffs are impacting private markets

While the short-lived imposition of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs wrought havoc with stock exchanges, investors explain how the private market reaction will lag behind its public counterparts.

Michael Cogley
28th Apr, 2025 - 7 min read

“Things are taking longer but are still happening”: Uncertainty takes its toll on dealmaking

Taylor Wessing partners Dannie Hanna and Paul Thorpe on the impact that tariffs and conflict are having on deals in Ireland, the surge in defence spending, and the rise in overseas PE.

Michael Cogley
14th Apr, 2025 - 6 min read
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