Blackstone and the Wallenbergs take an early lead in the €3 billion race for Mölnlycke, a Swedish medical products manufacturer.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i’s listed infrastructure fund, which will float in March, hopes to raise up to £1.3 billion to invest in infrastructure assets in Europe, the US and India.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Charlie McCreevy, the European Union’s internal market commissioner, has leapt to the defence of the private equity and hedge fund industries, while criticising their public relations efforts.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK’s industry body is set to meet with trade union representatives, as two Labour deputy leadership candidates support union opposition to private equity.
2 min read · 03 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 · 03 January 2013
The two buyout firms are creating one of Europe’s largest waste management companies offering everything from collection and treatment of waste to recycling and consultancy.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Societe Generale has launched an exchange-traded fund on Euronext designed to replicate the performance of LPX 50 Total Return, an independent index of the biggest listed buyout firms.
2 min read · 03 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 · 03 January 2013
3i has launched a new growth capital team in the US, as it looks to repeat its European success in the competitive mid-market space.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The struggling US retailer see shares rise by 7% after reports that it is considering a sale.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
