Goldman Sachs’ private equity arm has reportedly almost doubled the target for its latest fund to $19 billion, which would make it one of the world’s biggest buyout funds.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Duke Street Capital has edged ahead of other trade and financial buyers as it tries for a second time to buy Burton’s Foods, a snack maker valued at about £200 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Rhino Rugby, the sports equipment maker backed by England’s World Cup-winning rugby captain Martin Johnson, has sold a 6.25 percent stake to Chrysalis VCT.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
HgCapital’s consumer team has completed its deal in three months, buying UK fashion retailer Americana International for £190 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The acquisitions of Deutsch and Materis proved a boon for Wendel Investissement, which saw revenues increase by 11 percent in 2006 thanks to strong portfolio performance.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has argued that public markets are not a viable source of capital for buyout firms, suggesting that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s $5 billion listed vehicle soaked up all the available liquidity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Eurazeo, Bridgepoint and TDR are reportedly leading the chase for Apcoa, the Investcorp-backed car park company, after NCP and Macquarie dropped out.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Capvis Equity Partners, a Swiss buyout firm, is looking to capitalise on a strong year of deal-making by raising a new €500 million fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group is selling its remaining 10.3 percent stake in UK defence group QinetiQ, bringing to an end a successful, if controversial, investment.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CBI director-general Richard Lambert has spoken out in support of the private equity industry.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
