Private Equity
The Boston- and London-based firm has sunk $90 million into Alma Lasers, betting on a sector the firm sees as growing rapidly.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
US-based Stryker has paid a venture capital consortium led by Israel’s Vitalife Life Science Ventures $50m for Sightline Technologies, a surgical products manufacturer.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based mid-market investor has sold equipment supplier Hydrex to Quilvest and the Shoaibi Group for £106m.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
Dubai-based Istithmar reportedly beat off competition from Carlyle, Exponent and 3i to purchase the shipping services firm for $285 million.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The investment arm of the government of Singapore has partnered with Istithmar to take a stake in Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Investcorp has agreed to take France-based parts distributor Autodistribution off the hands of Goldman Sachs, which gained control of the company after it went into receivership.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
More than six months after Burlington Coat Factory announced it was looking at strategic alternatives, Bain Capital has agreed to acquire the apparel retailer for $2.06bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The acquisition of a 30 percent stake in Israeli telecoms company Bezeq by a private equity consortium is the largest privatisation seen in the country so far this decade.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Buyout firms Cinven and Investcorp appear to have arrived at a novel way of funding a portfolio company’s pension shortfall – selling one of its subsidiaries.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
