Private Equity
The Dutch firm’s acquisition of the chain’s British division is the latest in a string of restaurants picked up by the private equity industry.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
First Reserve, a US private equity firm that specialises in the energy sector, is selling Aquilex to Harvest Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
SIDBI Venture Capital and Clearstone Venture are investing a combined $6.5 million into a mobile device designing and manufacturing startup, DGB Microsystems. The startup’s founder and associates are putting in $2 million of their own money.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Nordic private equity firm Industri Kapital is making its first investment this year, by buying most of the shares in a transmission equipment manufacturer owned by private equity firm CapMan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed its first deal, paying an undisclosed sum for two Latin American consumer finance businesses.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone has completed its second transaction in the healthcare sector in a month after raising £127.5m through the placement of half of its stake in Southern Cross Healthcare Group.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The estate agent has re-scheduled a shareholder vote for January 26 and reiterated its support for a buyout bid from 3i.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Mezzanine and preferred equity provider Hutton Collins is buying a 22 percent stake in the £33.7m management buyout and take-private of an insurance broker, which has been hit by falling insurance risk rates for three years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Veronis Suhler Stevenson buys into UK satellite broadcaster as a platform for further consolidation
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira has made a bid for an animal feed company owned by CVC Capital Partners and PAI Partners, which would be its eighth investment in France.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
