The Swiss venture firm is set to tap the public markets in a rare move, joining the ranks of larger buyout firms that came to market last year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group, the global buyout firm, has acquired KCS.net as the firm continues to do deals in the European mid-market.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The venture-backed DVD rental business Lovefilm International has increased its number of subscribers to nearly a million after it acquired Amazon’s rival German and UK businesses as part of the deal.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Alliance Boots is expanding into China less than a year after US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts took the company private alongside Stefano Pessina - beginning the emerging markets expansion plans cherished by the Boots executive chairman.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium led by Virgin Group and including WL Ross has tabled a preferred bid for struggling UK bank Northern Rock. The bid provides shareholders with a way to benefit from the upside of any turnaround.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK Chancellor has said troubled UK bank Northern Rock may elude the grasp of private bidders, despite US bank Goldman Sachs reportedly soliciting sovereign wealth funds on behalf of the government.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The syndication of the remaining tranche of Alliance Boots debt could take up to a year after a double blow to the company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment firm is preparing to go back to investors having nearly invested its $65 million regional fund, as activity continues in the burgeoning MENA region.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm has extended its bid for Securitas Direct after receiving limited shareholder acceptance for its bid. An independent review committee has opposed the offer.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
South Eastern European investment firm Marfin Investment Group has deployed much of the €5.2bn it raised from the public markets in June.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
