Mercapital, a Spanish mid-market manager, has acquired a majority stake in Spanish medical gas and respiratory home therapy provider Gasmedi in a transaction valued at €275m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Apax Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have undertaken preliminary analysis of Signet Group, a jewellery retailer with stores in the UK and US.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partners, formed from the merger of Prelude Ventures and Cazenove Private Equity, has sold its stake in security technology company BlackSpider Technologies and invested in a second round financing of network graphics semiconductor business Newnham.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The French bank hired former Deutsche Bank leveraged finance specialist to its European high-yield capital markets team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, has led the $500m formation of Aeolus Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurance company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i, Europe’s largest quoted private equity investor, has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire a 24% stake in AIM-listed toy company The Character Group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Kennet Venture Partners, a technology investor, has exited its investment in Cramer, a UK operations and support systems business, in a $375m sale to Amdocs of the US.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Jens Dienstbach, previously at IKB Deutsche Industriebank, has joined Allied Irish Banks to focus on acquisition finance activities in Germany.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Carlyle may opt to sell its stake in Avio, an Italian aerospace engine manufacturer, despite appointing three investment banks to arrange a flotation on the Milan stock exchange earlier this year.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i, Europe’s largest quoted private equity manager, appointed Citigroup Europe vice chairman Robert Swannel at its annual general meeting yesterday. The board also approved a £700m return of capital to shareholders, reported earlier in the year.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
