Permira, a European buyout firm, has bought All3Media, maker of UK television programmes Richard and Judy and Formula One, from Bridgepoint for £320m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Peter Reinish, partner at Global Life Science Ventures, argues that biotechnology will play a decisive role in the development of the healthcare sector.
10 min read · 03 January 2013
Blackstone and KKR are understood to be pursuing an interest in two retail units owned by GUS, despite a recent announcement by the UK retail group to demerge the businesses.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Panmure Capital, a joint venture between UK stockbroker Panmure Gordon and Bank of Scotland, will receive the full attention of chairman Richard Wyatt, who steps down from his role as executive chairman of Panmure Gordon to focus on the private equity business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Emerging markets investor Actis has hired former Go and Virgin Nigeria Airways founder Simon Harford to pilot its Nigerian operation. Robert Venes talks to Peter Schmid, Actis’ managing partner for Africa, about Harford’s appointment and the firm’s activities in the region.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint, a European mid-market private equity firm, has returned over £200m to shareholders in a week through the refinancings of specialist pet product retailer Pets at Home and self-storage business Safestore.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
LODH Private Equity, a Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has held a €296 million first closing on its latest European mid-market focused fund.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A £10m break fee arrangement in Permira and Barclays Capital’s £1bn bid for McCarthy & Stone, a UK homes builder, has led to a higher offer from a consortium including Bank of Scotland and Sir Tom Hunter being rejected.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Following the €10bn plus close of its fourth buyout fund last week, Permira has received acceptances from 52% of shareholders for a €815m takeover bid for Hungarian chemicals business BorsodChem.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Chris Clark, an investment director at UK mid-market investor Hermes Private Equity, will leave the firm this Friday.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
