Bids for the roofing division of Lafarge, a global cement group, are being considered by a dozen private equity firms as well as trade buyers, according to a French report.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Icos Capital, a Dutch venture capital firm, has launched a food, energy and waste venture capital fund with a €4m participating loan from the Dutch government.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The European affiliate of buyout and mezzanine firm American Capital Strategies has increased its revolving credit facility to €900m, giving the company approximately €1.65bn in firepower.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ITV, a UK broadcaster, has sold its 45% stake in TV3 for £70m as part of a €265m transaction for the whole of the Irish television channel by Doughty Hanson.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Close Brothers Private Equity, a UK mid-market buyout firm, has made its first direct investment in the pharmaceuticals sector with a $176m management buyout of Rosement Pharmaceuticals, a developer of off-patent oral liquid medicines.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The sale of Rovtech, a supplier of remotely operated vehicles to the oil and gas industry, has generated an IRR of 26.5% for 3i, which originally invested in the business in 1996.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Smedvig Capital, a private equity firm providing growth capital and small buyout financing, has appointed Nicola Lando from Mercer Management Consulting.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Cinven, a European private equity firm, has capped a busy month that has seen it invest in over €8bn of transactions with the purchase of Avio, an Italian aerospace engine maker, from owners The Carlyle Group and Finmeccanica.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
CGS Management, a Swiss buyout firm, has raised €65m for a first close of its second fund, which focuses on a buy and build strategy in the Swiss and German-speaking countries.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Swedish healthcare company Capio has rejected a €1.67bn unsolicited offer by private equity firms Apax Partners and Nordic Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
