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Deutsche Beteiligungs puts brave face on market problems(3)

Listed German mid-market buyout firm Deutsche Beteiligungs' head Wilken von Hodenberg (pictured) has emphasised the firm's relatively lowly leveraged business to defend its positive outlook in contrast to its two month share price plunge.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Deutsche Beteiligungs puts brave face on market problems(2)

Listed German mid-market buyout firm Deutsche Beteiligungs' head Wilken von Hodenberg (pictured) has emphasised the firm's relatively lowly leveraged business to defend its positive outlook in contrast to its two month share price plunge.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Virgin and Flowers submit bids for the Rock

The bids are shaping up for UK bank Northern Rock as its share price continues to drop.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

CVC sells healthcare business to BUPA(2)

BUPA, a UK healthcare group, has made a A$1.225bn acqusition of CVC's DCA Agedcare Group, just months after selling its portfolio of hospitals to Cinven, a UK buyout group.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Candover teams with Icelandic rivals for €1.5bn Stork buyout

Candover has salvaged its troubled bid for Dutch conglomerate Stork by teaming up with the Icelandic consortium that jeopardised its initial bid.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Buyouts break European record(4)

The industry is braced for a slow down as buyouts hit a European high in the first half of 2007. The second half looks more restrained after the banking liquidity crisis of the summer. Continental European deals were among the largest, said Tom Lamb, co-head Barclays Private Equity.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

DIC makes first direct MENA investment(2)

Dubai International Capital has completed its first direct private equity investment in the region through the acquisition of luxury company Rivoli Group.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Bain does $1.3bn daycare deal

The private equity firm has secured financing from Goldman’s corporate lending arm and its blockbuster mezzanine fund in order to purchase publicly-traded child care and education company Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Bridgepoint lands 4.2x, DIC pays £600m

European mid-market firm Bridgepoint has sold Alliance Medical to Dubai International Capital, as the investment firm continues a flurry of acquisitions.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Macquarie to own 45% stake in private aviation services firm

Two Macquarie funds are set to invest an undisclosed amount in Universal Weather and Aviation, a Texas-based service provider to the business aviation industry.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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