Private Equity
The consortium buying Alexander Forbes, a South African financial services group, has increased its offer despite having agreed the deal three months ago.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has continued its string of recent exit successes by selling CBR, a German fashion retailer it co-owned with Cinven, to Swedish buyout firm EQT.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Naeem Capital, the investment arm of an Egyptian bank, has reportedly emerged as front-runner in the acution for the luxury car maker, backing the bid by David Richards, a motor industry veteran.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Nikko Principal Investments has sold UK firm RoadChef to an Israeli real estate group for £375 million. Nikko had owned the motorway service station chain for nearly ten years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has completed its second lucrative exit in two weeks after selling TIM Hellas, the Greek mobile operator it co-owned with Texas Pacific Group, to Egyptian telecoms entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US group Bain Capital has agreed a $3.5 billion deal for South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores, the largest buyout ever recorded in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Google has revealed that its acquisition of YouTube last year netted a return of nearly $500 million for Sequoia Capital, the US venture capital firm behind the video sharing website.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i has added its 25th healthcare business to its portfolio after closing a financing round for Glucon, a US medical technology company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European private equity firm Mid Europa Partners has broken new ground in the Baltic region with the €450m acquisition of a mobile telephone operator.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
3i has made its second investment in two days as it returns to a third round of $125m fundraising for an Indian broadcaster alongside a US supplier of networking equipment for the internet and Oman Investment Fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
