Private Equity
Macquarie has hit back at claims that it misled workers over pension schemes at Airwave, a police radio business it has just bought for £2 billion. The Australian bank has blamed the confusion on the vendor, Telefonica subsidiary O2 Europe.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
EQT and Investor make a quick return on their €4.3 billiion acquisition of medical technology group Gambro, selling Gambro Healthcare to mid-market rival Bridgepoint less than a year after acquisition
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The TPG-led consortium has pulled out of the bidding for a minority stake in Alitalia as sources close to the deal blamed government regulation for making it impossible for the consortium to takeover the company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Buyout firm Gresham Private Equity has sold Penn Pharmaceuticals after increasing profits tenfold.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Defense-focused private equity firm JF Lehman is set to acquire BAE Systems’ Inertial Products business for $140 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Venture capital firm Octopus Investments invests £5 million in a novelty sweet manufacturer.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
European buyout firms CVC and PAI’s €12.8 billion bid for Spanish tobacco company Altadis surpasses Imperial Tobacco’s rival offer last month and could trigger a bidding war.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Capman has sold service management company Synerco to trade buyer Addici Holding.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity affiliate of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, has bought a majority stake in UK office supplies distributor OyezStraker Group from Hermes Private Equity for £41.2 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US media and communications specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson is buying a minority stake in Zed, a leading Spanish mobile content provider valued at about €400 million. It is the firm’s first investment in the country.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
