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Jon Moulton, one of the founding fathers of the UK private equity industry, has resigned as head of Alchemy Partners.
“The state the firm is now in leads to the view that the best solution for investors and the partnership is an early orderly plan termination,” he said. “The plan’s economics are no longer favourable.”
So, is private equity a bust concept?
Some of us have always thought that.
Maybe others are now realising it.
[…] Richard Murphy wonders whether this represents the end of private equity in the UK. That’s a little prescient. […]
Good name. People who claim to be able to turn base metal into gold used to be called charlatans.
Not at all. If you read the letter you will see that Moulton disagrees with the strategy of his partners. The majority view prevailed and he left.