Private Equity
French private equity firm Astorg Partners has bought a 35 percent stake in Webhelp, France’s third biggest provider of client communication services, from Barclays Private Equity for about €40 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
EMI’s share price rose further above Terra Firma’s £2.4 billion accepted offer price, as the markets reacted to rumours of two possible counter-bids.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
French private equity firm Astorg Partners has bought a 35 percent stake in Webhelp, France’s third biggest provider of client communication services, from Barclays Private Equity for about €40 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
French private equity firm Astorg Partners has bought a 35 percent stake in Webhelp, France’s third biggest provider of client communication services, from Barclays Private Equity for about €40 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market buyout firm Graphite Capital’s sale of nursing home Avery Healthcare to Southern Cross Healthcare Group achieved a 2.7 times return on its initial investment in 20 months. Graphite will also keep five care homes to begin another company with Avery’s management.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity-owned Maxeda has disposed of Hema, selling the Dutch department store to retail specialist Lion Capital. Maxeda continues to prove a successful investment for the consortium of KKR, Cinven, AlpInvest and Permira that recapitalised the retail group last year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A bidding war is expected to break out for property services company Erinaceous, as HBOS is reported to be the fourth group interested in making an offer. It may be joined by property entrepreneur Tom Hunter’s investment vehicle.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Carlyle’s purchase of Atlanta, Georgia-based RMI adds to its business services portfolio, while reinforcing investment trends in infrastructure and transport/logistics firms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK-based private equity group has formally launched its €2.4 billion offer for music company EMI, soon after closing its biggest ever fund. The offer also sets a deadline for any competing bids.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
3i has exited another nine of its minority investments with a £5 million sale to secondaries specialist Shackleton Ventures. Most of the stakes were acquired in the late 1990s, just before the burst of the dotcom bubble.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
