Private equity houses have bucked the consensus that leverage ratios will rise in 2007 as 40 percent predict a decrease.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Lloyds Development Capital has found a replacement for Michael Joseph, who stood down as chairman of the private equity company earlier this year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
European private equity firm Mid Europa Partners has broken new ground in the Baltic region with the €450m acquisition of a mobile telephone operator.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Change Capital Partners has become the controlling shareholder in a company formed from the merger of four Spanish electrical goods retailers in its second deal in a week, and may raise its second fund in 2007.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
August Equity has sold a windows manufacturer in its third exit of the year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Barclays Private Equity has sold a women’s wear retailer for £51.5m to a consortium led by Kaupthing Principal Investments, which is bringing in a “high profile chief executive officer” to head the business in the coming months.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp, a Bahrain and London-listed alternative assets manager, will buy Armacell International, an insulation manufacturer, for an undisclosed amount, in its second acquisition in the industrial sector this year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Risk Capital Partners has made its fourth full exit in the past 15 months with the sale of its 25 percent stake in the creative design and marketing services company Loewy.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Veronis Suhler Stevenson has bought Cambium Learning, an education company, for about $300m (€230m).
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Inflexion Private Equity has completed its second transaction in a month with a £12 million buyout of a software company, a week after it sold its £19.1 million venture capital trust.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
