German buyout firm Deutsche Beteiligungs has bought a 75% stake in Austria-based MCE, an industrial services company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone has looked to strike a knockout blow in the battle for Equity Office, a US real estate business owned by Sam Zell, by increasing its bid to $38.3 billion and ramping up its break fee.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Darren Redmayne, new head of private equity advisory at Close, tells PEO what the future holds for the division.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone, KKR and Terra Firma are set to raise fund vehicles totalling nearly $50 billion in the coming weeks.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Sydney-based Catalyst Investment Managers has acquired a 43.5 percent stake in EziBuy, an Australasian apparel and home décor catalogue company. The investment provided an exit for Direct Capital, a private equity firm in New Zealand.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate is teaming up with Indian investment group SUN to launch a $630 million Indian real estate fund, in the latest example of Western groups targeting the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
TowerBrook Capital Partners has bought iconic UK shoemaker Jimmy Choo in a £185 million deal, generating a substantial return for previous owners Lion Capital in just over two years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i suffers another setback as £462m Enterprise buyout deal is rejected.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
As the final week of voting for our Global Private Equity Awards 2006 begins, the competition is hotting up, with the industry preparing to reward the biggest winners of 2006.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Global private equity deal volume soared to a record $737.4 billion in 2006, but more difficult times may lie ahead.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
