Private Equity
The stake sale puts an end to one of the summer’s hottest private equity infrastructure deals, originally conceived as a €25bn LBO.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Thomas Barrack reportedly admits the timing of the US casino operator’s $5.4bn take-private in November 2007 was poor, telling Bloomberg Markets the firm was now focused on smaller, unconventional deals.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The commitment takes the maiden fund of Renuka Ramnath's Multiples Alternate Asset Management one step closer to its $450m target.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital have acquired RBS’s card payment processing business for more than £2bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The listed European firm is in exclusive negotiations to sell Carlyle the €485m French budget hotel chain B&B.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of Retail Decision's Australian payment processing division has returned 'substantially all' of the initial investment made by Palamon, Alpinvest and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A French sovereign fund, formed by Nicholas Sarkozy, is teaming with Apollo to make a joint offer for French-based Alcan Engineered Products.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK middle market investor's success with lock maker Paddock hinged in part on Baird's global reach, said director James Benfield.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The captive private equity firm of Lloyds Banking Group remains one of the UK mid-market’s most active investors.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
AAC Capital has booked a 3.8x return on its investment in restaurant chain TGI Friday’s UK, which it made while still captive at ABN AMRO.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
