Jenny Bollen

Private equity houses predict a leverage ratio decrease(2)

Private equity houses have bucked the consensus that leverage ratios will rise in 2007 as 40 percent predict a decrease.

Investcorp buys industrial materials business

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.

Esprit takes eight percent in pharma merger(3)

Venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners has acquired a Canadian drug company to merge with its existing portfolio business Kiadis Pharma.

Take privates treble since 2004(3)

Global take privates in 2006 reached record values boosted by US companies worth almost $97 billion delisting.

Barclays Private Equity backs its second management buyout in two months

The UK mid-market captive has backed its second management buyout in two months, buying more than 60 percent of an edible oils and bio-diesel company.

August Equity sells windows business for £42.3m(2)

August Equity has sold a windows manufacturer in its third exit of the year.

Litorina completes two deals in a week

Nordic private equity firm Litorina Kapital has bought a Swedish waste management company, in its second deal this week.

3i to buy VNU Business Media Europe for €320m(3)

3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.

Macquarie and BC Partners join for Techem

Macquarie Bank has teamed up with rival BC Partners to takeover Techem in Germany’s first ‘hostile’ public-to-private.

Phoenix makes eleventh investment this year(3)

Phoenix Equity Partners has bought a media monitoring business from 3i for £42 million in its eleventh investment this year.