Private Equity
IK Investment Partners is poised to sell French building materials company Etanco to 3i Group, set to be the buyout firm's third exit following this week's sale of Idex and last month's disposal of Magotteaux.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
European private equity firm Bridgepoint has acquired sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media, after its bid of more than €550m trumped those from rivals.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners co-founder Donald Mackenzie has been appointed as chairman of the company that's been plagued with bribery allegations.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
German state-owned banks have been selling off their private equity holdings because of bailouts and increasing regulations, contributing to record activity on the secondary market.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Huntsman Gay has acquired Munich-based electronic-commerce software maker hybris, the 18th investment from its debut fund that closed in 2009. The majority of capital in the fund has been invested.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
CVC has acquired Dutch technology group Raet in a secondary buyout thought to be worth up to €400m.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
HIG Europe has won control of struggling marketing company Bezier using a debt for equity swap, an increasingly common tool for sponsors acquiring distressed assets from banks.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Darwin Private Equity has acquired cloud-based computing company Attenda from M/C Partners, a private equity firm which specialises in communications, media and IT.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
CVC, no stranger to partnering with entrepreneurs after investing in F1 with Bernie Ecclestone, has acquired a majority stake in a gym chain owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
HgCapital Trust, the listed arm of Ian Armitage (pictured)-led buyout group HgCapital, outperformed the FTSE All Share index in the first half - although NAV growth was down on H2 last year.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
