Private Equity
Thibaut de Chassey (pictured) and Edouard Thomazeau, two former partners at AtriA Capital Partenaires who left the group in April, have launched their own firm, Atlon Capital Partners.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
EQT and Goldman’s sale of Danish services group ISS has collapsed after shareholders in G4S, the acquirer, vetoed the £5.2bn deal.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Nova Capital Management, which today booked a 3.5x return on the sale of EIS Optics, is closing in on the take-private of UK-listed software company Parseq.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
US buyout firm General Atlantic has acquired a stake in distressed debt specialist Oak Hill Advisors in a further sign of private equity’s appetite for debt investments.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Citadel Capital has sealed a successful rights issue, leaving the business well-positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the MENA region, according to co-founder Hisham El-Khazindar (pictured).
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Four of the Nordic region’s most prominent private equity groups have delivered an average IRR of 18% since 1993 and significantly outperformed the public markets, according to new research produced in partnership with the SVCA.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Apax has brought its troubled investment in Thomas the Tank Engine rights-owner HIT Entertainment to a close after selling it to Mattel for $680m – less than it paid for the business in 2005.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Citadel Capital has experienced turmoil this year, and while this week's second quarter results showed a net loss of $4.2m, a rights issue has helped bring the group back onto an even keel.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
As the firm toasts one of the biggest European final fund closes since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, EQT is hard at work planning its next exit: the sale of Danish business KMD.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
F&C Investments' climate change-focused fund of funds aims to raise up to €100m.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
