Brad Meikle

Bridgepoint acquires TüvTurk

Institutional investor sells stake

TPG sells Debenhams

OMERS Private Equity shifts strategy to directs

OMERS Private Equity, the private equity business of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), one of Canada’s leading pension funds, is shifting its private equity investment strategy to focus on direct deals and will be selling down its fund commitments over time.

Buyout firms jostle to enter Matalan

CVC, TPG and Cinven linked with bargain retail chain

EQT takes over two Bulgaria cable operators

Deal worth over €200m

Gala restructures debt

LDC battles for CPA

Investors still keen on secondaries

But distressed sellers have already left the market

European buyouts market shrinks 90% in two years

Equity proportion up as average deal size drops to 1996 level

Moody Monte Carlo

A pathetic fallacy occurs at Capital Creation as ominous clouds hang over an already troubled market. But the storm could be clearing for operational turnarounds and secondary investing