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UK Construction Giant Carillion Goes Into Liquidation
The UK’s second-largest construction firm, Carillion, has gone into liquidation after talks with the government failed to find a solution to its financial problems.
‘We want 20% of senior PE professionals to be women’
Kathleen Bacon is a managing director at HarbourVest and specializes in European and emerging markets investments. She shares her thoughts on the firm’s strategy, the state of the market and efforts to attract more women to private equity. Leader...
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