CVC Capital Partners has promoted Marc Boughton, head of its Cordatus debt management division, to managing partner, and also promoted six other dealmakers in its European offices.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Difficulties with cross-border arrangements put UK buyout firms off international deals, according to new research.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Hg has realised a five times return on its investment in the Hirschmann Group, a signal transmission business, after selling one of its divisions to US rival Belden for €245 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As lenders continued to supply debt to the industry at increasingly favourable terms, private equity firms were able to cash in last year by taking big cash dividends from refinancing, writes James Taylor.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Candover, 3i and JP Morgan Partners cash in on energy boom with €1.5bn sale of oil and gas services company to General Electric.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Australian energy group Alinta says Macquarie’s attempt to join a possible buyout of the company was made with friendly intentions.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Madison Dearborn, CVC and Cinven look to float packaging firm Smurfit Kappa in 2007.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity investors believe they’ve never had it so good, according to a new report. But is there a cloud on the horizon? James Taylor reports.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Eleven different groups have expressed an interest in bidding for struggling airline Alitalia, according to the Italian government, including Texas Pacific Group and Terra Firma.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US distressed debt specialist Cerberus may look to trump Blackstone’s $36 billion offer for Equity Office, the biggest buyout to date.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
