Terra Firma, the UK private equity firm, will hold on to the waste-to-energy arm of Waste Recycling Group, which analysts say could be worth £650m, following a sale of the waste disposal business to FCC of Spain.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Robeco Sustainable Private Equity will invest in sustainable energy venture capital and buyout funds in North America, Western Europe and emerging markets.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK lower mid-market firms Sovereign Capital and Palamon Capital Partners have had a busy week, with Sovereign completing two deals, while Palamon closed its €670m second fund and invested in a German corporate gift certificate company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Barclays Capital has made 10 hires to its US leveraged finance team, headed by Rick Van Zijl and Joe McGrath, who joined the firm from Goldman Sachs in February.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Richard Sharp, the head of Goldman Sachs’ European private equity division, is stepping down as the firm gears up for a new fundraising.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Blackstone Group, US manager of the world’s largest buyout fund, is in talks to acquire seven Center Parcs Europe properties.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A £1.1bn revised bid by a consortium including Bank of Scotland and West Coast Capital’s Tom Hunter for McCarthy & Stone, a UK homes builder, has trumped a recommended offer by Permira and Barclays Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
European Capital, part of the US private equity firm American Capital, has invested €123m in the buyout of Avery Weigh-Tronix and €126m in the buyout of Farrow & Ball, the first two deals for its UK office, which opened last August.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Sovereign Capital, a London-based mid-market private equity firm, has increased its investment team to 17 with the appointment of investment manager Mark Williams.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Paul Jozefak, an investment director at software group SAP, is joining Dr Neuhaus, a Hamburg-based venture capital firm, as a partner later this year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
