Private Equity
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
HM Capital became the latest in a slew of private equity firms to invest in distributors of yellow pages directories, when it announced an agreement to acquire Phone Directories Company. The investment is the first from HM’s new Sector Performance Fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Candover has agreed to pay €1.5 billion to buy Stork, a Dutch industrial conglomerate that has been involved in a long-running battle over strategy with the two hedge funds that are its biggest shareholders.
2 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
The European buyout firm has made its second foray in a month into the healthcare sector - this time to buy a Spanish independent healthcare provider - exploiting a rich vein of experience in the firm stretching back a decade.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK private healthcare group BUPA has sold its hospital arm to European buyout firm Cinven. The healthcare company exited the business because of regulation which prevented it from expanding its portfolio.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
London-based Duke Street Capital has amassed a 34 percent stake in Oasis Healthcare and increased its bid to £88.2 million, as the battle for the UK’s biggest dental business heats up.
2 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
A leading pensions expert has defended London-listed Electra Private Equity, after the listed trust became the latest target for activist trade unions following a reduction in pension benefits for ex-employees of its portfolio company Lil-lets.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group is preparing a $22 billion takeover bid for UK cable TV and mobile phone business Virgin Media, as it looks to replicate the success of its previous European investments in the sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
