A consortium led by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is in exclusive negotiations to buy Saur, a French waste and water management group currently owned by PAI partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Candover, the UK-listed private equity investment trust, backed calls for greater disclosure as it reported increased profits and net assets in 2006. However, it believes transparency must have its limits.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is trying to derail The Blackstone Group’s agreed £96 million bid for La Tasca, a UK tapas chain.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
As expected, UK-listed buyout group 3i has sold UK car park operator NCP to Macquarie for £790m, realising a substantial profit just a year and a half after buying the company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Apax Partners has become the second buyout firm to invest in Trader Media, a specialist publishing arm of the Guardian Media Group. It has bought a 49.9 percent stake, in a deal that values the company at £1.35 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The European Venture Capital Association has raised concerns about UK regulator the FSA’s recent discussion paper about private equity and warned that some groups are conducting a “witch-hunt” against the industry.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Equest Investment Balkans, an AIM-listed regional specialist, has invested €45 million to create a waste management market leader in Bulgaria.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Sovereign Capital has again utilised its favoured buy-and-build strategy by combining three businesses that supply maintenance services to social housing.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout firm The Carlyle Group has had to settle for a minority stake in Xugong, a Chinese construction machinery manufacturer that it has been trying to buy outright since 2005. The proposed sale caused an outcry in China.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Blackstone has sold its remaining shares in the care home operator for £169 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
