Private Equity
The first European-based private equity firm dedicated to healthcare has completed its first two deals. The value of the deals has been estimated at €100m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European buyout firm has sold its stake in Jaybeam Wireless, a manufacturer of cellular antennas in the same week it made a €3.5m capital contribution to Buffet Crampon, a manufacturer of musical instruments.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European private equity firm has made a tender offer to de-list the €312m Finnish healthcare provider, Terveystalo Healthcare. If successful, it will be the first investment made from the €4.8bn Bridgepoint Europe IV.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
European private equity firm Doughty Hanson has completed its eleventh purchase for its €590 million ($801 million) Doughty Hanson & Co European Real Estate II fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
This is the second exit in as many weeks for the private equity firm, following the sale of modelling agency Models 1 to OpenGate Capital earlier this month.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Kuwait-based firm has acquired a quarry and site for a cement plant in Tunisia on a Greenfield plot over 220 hectares.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Florida-based firm joins several other high-profile private equity firms that have cut back on staff to control costs amid recession.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The fund has bought out all non-Barclays investors in another Barclays private equity-managed fund, Infrastructure Investors. The transaction is meant to give the newly raised fund ‘critical mass from the outset’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The South Asian nation had a 45% drop in total deal value and a 24% decline in the total number of deals announced in 2008 compared to 2007.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The founder and chairman of UK pub group, JD Wetherspoon, has warned that private equity and property investment groups have had a “pretty disastrous” effect on the British pub industry after piling large debt loads onto some companies, according to a report.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
