Private Equity
Lloyds Development Capital has bought Direct Group, a UK provider of insurance services, from Barclays Private Equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK turnaround specialist Rutland Partners has bought Pulse Home Products, a supplier of domestic appliances, as it seeks to invest the £320 million fund it closed two weeks ago.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The French listed buyout firm is in pole position to win the auction for Elis, a French textile business, after revealing that it has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the business from rival PAI Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Turnaround specialist Kelso Place has raised nearly £50 million by floating a 25 percent stake in Sepura, a UK radio maker it bought out of administration for £1 five years ago.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm has sold Swiss private healthcare group Hirslanden after five years, as another South African hospital group looks abroad for expansion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
FTSE100-listed 3i has invested in two companies, one the acquisition of a Singapore-based oil and gas company Franklin Offshore, the other a venture funding round into Madrid-based internet sales website BuyVIP.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking will buy international petroleum transporter MC Shipping for $284 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK mid-market buyout firm has completed its second deal this year, buying project management software business 4Projects.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Rutland has ended its three year investment in pawnbroking, making a 2.7 times return from the sale of Svensk Pantbelaning to Preato Capital a year after larger European business Harvey & Thompson was floated on AIM.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm has sold Swiss private healthcare group Hirslanden after five years, as another South African hospital group looks abroad for expansion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
