Private Equity
UK mid-market firm Inflexion Private Equity has made its first retail investment, buying a minority stake in casual clothing retailer Jack Wills.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Inflexion Private Equity has made its first retail investment, buying a minority stake in casual clothing retailer Jack Wills.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK newspaper company Trinity Mirror has reportedly entered exclusive negotiations for the sale of its Midlands titles to Exponent Private Equity and Barclays Private Equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The European venture firm has increased its investment in Xanadu Wireless, a Dutch semiconductor business that is looking to revolutionise the wireless sensor market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Duke Street Capital and a consortium of other buyout firms has had its £260 million bid for UK retailer CI Traders accepted – soon after the company rejected a bid from Alchemy Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The French buyout firm has brought to an end its nine-year majority ownership of Paris-listed children’s retailer Du Pareil Au Même, selling its stake through a private placement.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European buyout firm Permira has sold Takko, a German fashion discount chain, to Advent International for €770 million. The deal comes as Permira looks to sell another retail asset – UK high street chain New Look.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Travel and insurance group Saga is to merge with the AA, the vehicle breakdown service owned by Permira and CVC Capital Partners that has been at the heart of the recent controversy over private equity. The move has provoked further union anger.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Transportation communications and systems engineering company ARINC s to be purchased by The Carlyle Group, which this week has been linked with nearly $30 billion in deals and a $300 million Euronext listing.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Several private equity firms, including Cerberus Capital Management, Ripplewood Holdings and One Equity Partners, are reportedly looking at bids for car-maker Ford Motor Company’s two luxury UK marques, Land Rover and Jaguar.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
