Private Equity
New York-based KPS Special Situations has agreed to sell Ashcroft Holdings, unloading the company to Tokyo’s Nagano Keiki in a deal that will yield a 2x equity return.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
A private equity consortium co-led by Vestar Capital Europe and Ergon Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Italian glass insulator manufacturer Seves Group.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The second- and third-largest movie theater chains in the US, both of which are backed by private equity firms, reportedly plan to merge.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK buyout group has reportedly seen off competition from three other European private equity firms to claim the German medical products business.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Warburg Pincus’ Targa Resources has completed its $2.45bn acquisition of Dynegy’s midstream services business. Hurricane Katrina-related damage to two of the company’s natural gas processing plants had threatened the transaction.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Citigroup Venture Capital agreed to buy Alcoa’s Southern Graphic Systems unit in a $410m deal.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Washington, DC-based affiliate of the Texas Pacific Group has acquired Gbarbosa, a Brazilian supermarket chain, its third investment in a Latin American retailer.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The global venture capital firm has announced the purchase of a 50 percent stake in oil service newco RBGltd, and a €3.1m investment in Norwegian water treatment company Epcon Offshore.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
