Private Equity
Palamon Capital Partners and G Square have invested in Grupo SAR, an operator of health services for the elderly, which, says Palamon, is due to benefit from long-term demographic trends.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In its annual report, the mega-buyout firm frankly addressed setbacks it suffered last year, including the liquidation of Blue Wave and Carlyle Capital, but stressed it is poised to take advantage of current opportunities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK firm is in exclusive talks to buy talent management agency James Grant Media Group, which looks after stars such as media mogul Simon Cowell and celebrity hypnotist Paul McKenna.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The acquisition of Close Brothers Corporate Finance by the European subsidiary of Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities SMBC will give the bank access to and presence in European markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Canadian private equity firm has been amassing the bankrupt casino operator’s senior debt. Onex made the investment from its third buyout fund, which is nearing a $3.5bn close.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The asset manager raised capital from its limited partners, including the Oregon Investment Council, to repay margin debt on the German apartment owner which has reportedly been struggling with its debt load.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Each firm has purchased a photovoltaic plant that has an attractive government-backed feed-in tariff. The tariff – which locked in multi-year fixed rates for projects connected to the power grid from September 2007 to September 2008 – fuelled a solar development boom in Spain.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Debt and declining consumer demand has sent Australia's Riviera Group into receivership. It marks the second private equity-backed yacht investment to sink in 2009, the first having been Candover- and Permira-backed Ferretti in February.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Singapore-based mooring business is backed by London-listed private equity firm 3i and is expected to fetch up to S$300m. 3i invested in Franklin in 2007 with a view to list the company on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global buyout firm has agreed to the terms laid out by the brewery’s parent InBev, which include its right – but not obligation – to reacquire the brewery within five years on ‘pre-determined financial terms’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
