The buyout firms selling the satellite operator for $16.5 billion have benefitted from their lenders’ decision to part-finance the BC Partners-led acquisition agreed shortly before the credit crunch.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The global bank’s private equity arm has bought a UK dentist, reportedly seeing off competition from rival firms including Blackstone and Bridgepoint.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Gala Capital, the Spanish buyout firm which led a €3.7 billion offer for Spanish airline Iberia, has sold a stake in a domestic utility company Bridgepoint and Mercapital exited in 2006.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity looks to take advantage of the refuge the pharmaceutical sector offers in uncertain economic times.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
DFJ's European venture affilate has secured a 150 percent IRR over 18 months from its sale of e-commerce website buy.at. It was also joined this week by Amazon as a backer of DVD rental company Lovefilm, marking the increased maturity of the European venture market.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Turkish alternative asset manager is set to raise a domestic mid-market buyout fund, as the country continues to attract international buyout firms while local firms grow in size and number.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Baring Private Equity Asia, an Asian buyout firm, has made a growth capital investment in the booming medical device sector.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Montagu and Global Infrastructure Partners have agreed their Biffa bid, but the waste disposal company board’s statement that rival bidders are in due diligence caused the company’s share price to rise five percent above the offer price.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bahrain bank Ithmaar has recruited Andrew Pocock from Gulf One Investment Bank where he worked in infrastructure. The firm is looking to invest $5 billion in an undisclosed infrastructure project.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
After reorientating Sanctuary Spa Covent Garden into a product focussed business in two years Hg Capital sold the company for £75 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
