VCM and Golding Capital Partners, German fund of fund investors, have raised €238m for their second fund of fund investing in US and European mezzanine vehicles.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired a majority stake in Lista B+L, a drawer and shelving company headquartered in Switzerland.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Candover, a London-based private equity firm, has offered 415 pence per share for business mail service DX Services, with plans to merge the company with business-to-consumer mail service Secure Mail Services.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Danish private equity firm Danske Private Equity has raised €600m for its third fund of funds and has already made allocations to four European partnerships.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Swiss fund manager Partners Group has closed its fourth fund in the last three months, raising €282m for investing in global mezzanine funds and direct mezzanine investments in private equity transactions.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Auctus Management, a German mid-cap private equity manager, has generated more than €100m and an 18 times money multiple on the €250m sale of Time Partner, a temporary staffing business, to Investcorp.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Castlebeck, sold to a subsidiary of the Barchester Healthcare Group, is HgCapital’s fifth transaction in the healthcare sector in the past 18 months.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A German business daily has reported that the country’s finance ministry is considering a potentially damaging tax on earnings generated by local venture capital and private equity firms.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK and French mid-market investor Duke Street Capital has bolstered its Paris office in the run-up to launching its sixth buyout fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Doughty Hanson has exited its investment in RHM, makers of Hovis bread and Mr Kipling cakes, with the sale of its remaining 26% stake through a secondary placing.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
