Private Equity
Thierry Baudon and his team are back with the biggest fund yet to hit central and eastern Europe. By Jonn Elledge.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
Tom Hicks, a retired giant of the global private equity fund investment industry, is back doing buyouts – this time with his own money. By Jonn Elledge.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK mid-market firm has acquired the alcoholic drinks retailer in a secondary buyout from Electra Partners Europe.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The former Permira executive joins the European mid-market firm as it plans its sixth fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The volume of European venture capital investments increased last quarter while the total number of deals decreased, according to figures from VentureOne and Ernst & Young.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The value of buyouts during the first three quarters of this year already exceeds the total for the whole of 2004.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The firm has refinanced its investment in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company by granting an option to Novator Holdings.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The German buyout firm is raising $120 million for its second Russia-focused fund, which is backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, amongst others.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Carlyle Group is teaming up with Robert L. Johnson, one of the US’ best known black entrepreneurs.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Dutch lower midmarket firm has backed the spin out of the payment processing company from mail company TNT.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
