Private equity firms may become the partners of choice for Taiwanese companies seeking a way of upping their exposure to China.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-listed investor 3i has generated £22m in proceeds on its 1994 investment in engineering company Tensar through a sale to Arcapita-owned US business Tensar Corporation.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK investor Charterhouse Capital Partners has sold baby food products business Avent less than a year after acquiring the company from its founders and global private equity firm 3i.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused private equity firm has made its first investment in Croatia, acquiring the aluminate cement business arm of Germany’s HeidelbergCement Group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
All3Media, the Bridgepoint-backed company behind popular UK TV shows Richard and Judy and Shameless, is reportedly attracting interest from private equity firms Cinven, Apax and DLJ Merchant Banking.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made a fourth investment from its European technology fund, taking a minority stake in German online advertising business Global Media.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Heidelberg-headquartered investment firm first Ventury has appointed venture capital veteran David Hartford to assist its activities in the US.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK care homes provider Southern Cross Healthcare has announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO that could see Blackstone reduce its interest to below 50 percent.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Paris-headquartered private equity firm is acquiring a 95 percent stake in TLD Group, which it will seek to delist from Euronext Paris.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Leisure parks in Europe attract customers from across the world. US and European private equity firms, it seems, are also along for the ride. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 03 January 2013