Texas Pacific Group is reportedly considering a €3.4 billion bid for Iberia, Spain’s largest airline, as its bid for Australia-based Qantas continues to flounder.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Specialist credit funds have revolutionised the leveraged loan market. But could this mean trouble for the private equity industry when things start to go wrong? James Taylor reports.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Warburg Pincus’ Oslo flotation of emgs, a Norwegian seabed exploration company, has met with an enthusiastic response from the market.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Norway’s largest private equity fund has bought Jakob Hatteland Display, a marine computer display company, for an undisclosed sum.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Weinberg Capital Partners, a French mid-market firm, has bought a majority stake in Via Location, a French vehicle rental company, for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Smedvig Capital has become the biggest shareholder in the UK’s leading car club business, as it hopes to cash in on the growing popularity of car pooling.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners is in talks with the board of Austrian steel group Boehler Uddeholm about a friendly takeover deal, which could involve taking the listed company private.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The troubled auction of Claire’s Accessories, a US-based fashion retailer, has reportedly suffered another blow with news that previous favourite Apax Partners has withdrawn on price grounds.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout firm TA Associates has won the battle to back the £740 million ($1.3 billion) management buyout of Jupiter Asset Management from its German parent Commerzbank.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The alternative investments arm of Deutsche Bank Asset Management has closed a $775 million secondaries fund, which will also be used for co-investment.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
