The US and UK-based investor has paid £571m for 290 managed pubs from Punch Taverns, its largest deal in Europe to date.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Following an increased offer of 850 pence per share from Richard Balfour-Lynn’s Alternative Hotel Group, Permira has asked shareholders to take no action as it considers whether to make its own bid.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Over the short term, the European private equity industry has delivered returns of 11.8 percent over 10 years and a one-year IRR of 33.8 percent.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm, and AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the French insurance group, have teamed up to acquire Médica, a French nursing home business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Alternative Hotel Group’s third offer for De Vere, valuing the company at about €767m, has seen off Permira’s interest in the UK hotel and leisure chain.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Mecom, the AIM-listed, media investment group, has acquired another European publisher with the purchase of Norway’s Orkla Media Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Finnish fund of funds manager Amanda Capital has held a first close of a new fund of funds, which has already acquired an interest in a Russian fund managed by Siguler Guff.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
New laws stemming from the EU Takeover Directive will impact private equity firms undertaking public-to-privates. By Andy Thomson.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
California-based early-stage investor Lightspeed Venture Partners has hired partner Yoni Cheifetez to focus on opportunities in the Israeli technology market.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms accounted for 16 percent of all global investment banking revenues in the first six months of the year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
