Private Equity
Beringea has backed the management buyout of TV and DVD maker Eagle Rock from European buyout firm Hg Capital – and it has led a £3 million investment in a UK data management company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK firm ISIS Equity Partners has backed a management buyout of Williams Medical Supplies, which distributes drugs and equipment to primary care doctors. It plans to double the business’s turnover to more than £100 million within five years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
QUALCOMM Ventures has invested in French mobile software company Streamezzo, as venture capital firms attempt to find alternative ways of making profits from the mobile industry.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira, a buyout firm with various retail interests in Spain, is closing in on another big retail asset in the country. The firm is also reportedly mulling a bid for a UK IT services group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners and Permira, the private equity owners of UK fashion chain New Look, have reportedly pushed back the deadline of the auction to sell the business after failing to attract suitable offers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Advent International has bought Lloyds TSB Registrars, as another example of activity surrounding the financial services sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is acquiring a 12 percent stake in ABC Learning Centres, an Australian childcare group with centres across its home country, New Zealand, the US and UK, via a proposed new share placement.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Several buyout firms including The Blackstone Group and CVC Capital Partners are reportedly battling it out in a £2 billion auction of UK fashion retailer New Look. The deal could make up to £1.3 billion for New Look’s owners Apax Partners and Permira.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira has bought a 29.6 percent stake in Valentino Fashion Group, stealing in ahead of Carlyle for a stake in the Italian fashion company, which also controls German-listed Hugo Boss.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
IFR Capital, an AIM-listed joint venture between food entrepreneur Heiner Kamps and Nomura spinout ACP Capital, has bought Homann Chilled Food for about €180 million – a relatively low valuation for a deal in the sector.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
