Bridgepoint has made more than twice its money in the £86m secondary buyout of NES, a specialist recruitment firm, to Graphite Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
HgCapital has partnered with management to make a 180 pence per share offer for SHL Group, a psychometric assessement company for business clients including Tesco, Citibank and Trinity Mirror.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The US private equity firm is reported to be lining up a bid for United Biscuits, the maker of McVities Biscuits and Jaffa Cakes in the UK. The move will pit the firm against Premier Foods, a UK food group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
EQT, a Swedish private equity firm, is expected to float German aromas and flavours business Symrise before the end of the year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
TNT Logistics, the freight division of the Dutch postal and express business, has been sold to Apollo Management, a US private equity house, for $1.48bn.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Four buyout firms are reported to have reached second round bids for government-owned Dutch publisher Sdu.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Alpha Associates, a Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has raised €109m for a first close of its €300m targeted second Central and Eastern Europe-focused fund of funds.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Prelude Trust, a UK quoted investment trust, has invested alongside QinetiQ Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company and TTP Ventures in a new financing round for ZBD Displays, which has raised almost £15m since 2001.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Electra Partners Europe has opened an Italian office while rebranding as Cognetas a year after its formal separation from Electra Investment Trust in 2005.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
KKR Private Equity Investors, which raised $4.8bn in May, has committed $1.6bn to recent KKR deals and $1.9bn to the firm’s 2006 Fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
