Private Equity
A Germany- and Dubai-listed investment firm has capped off a torrid 2008 with a restructuring agreement that will ‘secure the company’s future’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Ron Burkle-owned private equity firm has bought a 7% stake in Whole Foods two months after Leonard Green & Partners purchased a 17% ownership stake. The high-end grocery chain has struggled lately due to declines in consumer spending.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm first backed Racal Acoustics in a £52m management buyout from US private equity firm JF Lehman & Co in 2005.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The New York-based firm, which specialises in distressed investments, has signed a preliminary agreement to buy certain assets from Waterford Wedgwood. The china and crystal maker was put into administration earlier this week after succumbing to its heavy debt load.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Many global buyout firms may disappear over the next two to three years, according to a recent study that also found a large portion of debt in private equity-backed companies trading at distressed levels.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European niche investor bought the stricken UK tea and coffee retailer for an undisclosed amount from Icelandic seller Baugur Group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Pending a final decision due next year, the UK’s Competition Commission may require British airport operator BAA to sell the two airports in addition to its sale of London’s Gatwick Airport, which is already underway.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Emerging markets specialist Aureos has now made four investments in Thailand from its $91m South-East Asia Fund. The investment was in return for a 'significant minority' stake.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Fresh from the close of its £430m fund, UK private equity firm ECI has partnered with Yorkshire Bank to fund a management buyout of healthcare IT business Ascribe.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The listed Permira investor has taken a number of measures to boost liquidity, including reducing by £796m its original commitment to Permira’s fourth buyout fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
