Private Equity
Countrywide shareholders reject 3i’s £978 million take-private bid, leaving the listed buyout firm about £4 million worse off.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Candover has teamed up with a trade player to win the hotly-contested auction for Europe’s largest theme park operator.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Texas Pacific Group is reportedly mulling a bid for Italian airline Alitalia, amid indications that investors may be losing confidence in its Qantas deal.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Europe’s largest private equity firm is refusing to raise its bid for Countrywide, a UK estate agent, despite growing shareholder opposition.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has acquired a combined stake of 27.65 percent in Allsec Technologies, a company listed on Indian stock exchanges, for $25.4 million as Carlyle founder joins board.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has enjoyed a return of more than ten times its investment after selling Swedish healthcare business Mölnlycke to Investor and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Investcorp has made its first investment in the energy sector with the $311 million acquisition of an inspection services company from Close Brothers.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
ECI Partners has made more than nine times its investment on an online hotels company after selling the business to First Choice Holidays for £108 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Countrywide postpones shareholder vote to give 3i more time to canvass support.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
