Sage Holdings, backed by global mid-market buyout firm The Riverside Company, has begun its attempts to consolidate the communications industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US buyout firm TPG Capital has abandoned its second bid for a national carrier this year, as the consortium it formed alongside UK airline British Airways has walked away from its bid for Spanish rival Iberia.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Italian buyout firm headed by Claudio Sposito, the former chief executive of Fininvest, Silvio Berlusconi’s holding company, has made its first investment outside Italy.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The experienced French team has raised their first independent fund as they relish the end of “crazy” prices.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The two Middle Eastern firms and regional bank Dubai Islamic Bank have raised a Shariah-compliant vehicle that will invest alongside Global Investment House’s planned $1.5 billion global fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Hawkpoint Partners has made three appointments in its German, debt advisory and media teams.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The sale of a credit collection business is likely to attract interested bidders looking to consolidate the sector, which will see increased activity as defaults rise.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Swiss buyout firm restructured cable and wire company Maillefer Extrusion which had suffered from the fall-out in the telecoms industry at the turn of the millennium.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Buyouts executives such as European buyout firm Terra Firma’s Guy Hands are attempting to tap alternative debt providers, especially the sovereign wealth funds, in an effort to keep doing deals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Asia push comes as the firm is looking to buy a 25 percent stake in UK insurance company Towergate.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
