Private Equity
KKR has refuted a UK media report that the buyout firm has postponed its planned $1.25 billion IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US TV channel NBC Universal has bought television company Sparrowhawk Media, owner of the Hallmark Channel, for about £175 million. Buyout firms 3i and Providence Equity Partners have spent the last two years turning the business around.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Italian conglomerate De Agostini has taken a minority stake in Palamon Capital Partners-backed loan provider Sigla Luxembourg, as the relatively undeveloped personal credit market in Italy continues to grow.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The syndication of the remaining tranche of Alliance Boots debt could take up to a year after a double blow to the company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Boston-based firm has sold Drive Assist to Charterhouse Capital Partners for $500m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Qatari investment arm Three Delta is likely to increase the equity component of its offer for FTSE 100-listed Sainsbury’s to meet concerns of the board that the company will be over-leveraged.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US TV channel NBC Universal has bought television company Sparrowhawk Media, owner of the Hallmark Channel, for about £175 million. Buyout firms 3i and Providence Equity Partners have spent the last two years turning the business around.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Emap, the media group that is currently being circled by various private equity firms, has paved the way for its forthcoming £2 billion sale by offering its shareholders a way of minimising their potential tax bills.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Peter Dubens, a UK-based entrepreneur, has taken a first step towards his €550 million target for his debut fund, using proceeds from an AIM flotation and capital from external investors and his team.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Phoenix Equity Partners has bought Abel & Cole, the organic box company in its sixth investment from the fund it raised last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
