Impress Group, a Dutch-based metal can producer created by Doughty Hanson in 1997, has been refinanced for €1bn after several acquisitions in the past six years.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The two firms have invested $430 million in a $500 million joint venture with US Shipping Partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The New York-based investment firm has launched Carl Marks Merchant Partners, a new unit that will focus on underperforming private companies.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The small-market arm of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking will acquire swimsuit retailer Water Water Everywhere and will merge the store with another portfolio company.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
In another example of consolidation, the fifth largest bank in the US will take the M&A advisory firm under its umbrella.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Despite a disappointing IPO for Vonage, VCs are still pouring money into internet-based telephony. Dave Keating reports.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
In one of two private equity investments in a professional services firm announced today, the San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman will take a majority interest of AlixPartners along with the firm’s management.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Bessemer Holdings-affiliated New York-based firm has held a first and final closing of its second fund and made the vehicle’s first investment in an industrial maintenance services company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The second quarter of 2006 saw VC investment hit a five-year high with a surge of interest in healthcare deals. But there is still fear that if the IPO market doesn’t improve, investors could see a repeat of 2000. Dave Keating reports.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
The Miami-based firm has sold Thermo Fluids, an Arizona-based company which converts used oil to usable fuel, to an investor group led by CIVC Partners.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
