Private Equity
A long-awaited chance to realise some investments was presented to financial sponsors when the public markets bubbled back to life.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Matrix, AAC, Apax and LDC are among firms ending 2009 with fresh deals. Meanwhile, lawyers are lining up PE-backed IPOs and big ticket auctions continue for companies like Bridgepoint's Pets at Home.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
As the Paris-based venture firm rings out the old year with another exit – its third to break the $500m mark during 2009 – managing partner Denis Lucquin hails ‘the depth of French life sciences innovation’.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity investor, which is currently raising its fourth secondaries fund, sees its Asian secondaries activity doubling in the future.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Fresh from a $1.9bn fund close, the private equity and real estate firm has doubled the size of platform company Care Aspirations.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s portfolio company, Hune, which rents and sells construction equipment, was sold back to management for €1 after suffering from broad industry contraction.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
PCD Stores raised $374m in its IPO, which was 43 times oversubscribed and generated a 'strong return' for the UK-headquartered private equity firm.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm sold Verathon, a maker of ultrasound equipment, to Roper Industries for $300m. The healthcare private equity sector has seen increased activity as more deals come to market.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The two firms are selling Springer Science+Business Media to EQT and GIC for €2.3bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
