Private Equity
US buyout firm TA Associates has won the battle to back the £740 million ($1.3 billion) management buyout of Jupiter Asset Management from its German parent Commerzbank.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Michael Dell-backed investment vehicle has purchased a Cleveland, Ohio-based dental services firm with more than 70 affiliated practices.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Auto Trader, a car sales business owned by the UK-based Guardian Media Group, is expected to be valued at up to £1.3 billion when final bids are submitted tomorrow. The price has reportedly frightened off one interested party.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
GE Capital plans to buy financial services company PHH Corporation for $1.8bn and sell one division to Blackstone.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Esprit Capital Partners and Eden Ventures have contributed to the $15m second financing round of Tribold, a manufacturer of software for communication service providers.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Buyout firms Cognetas and Sagard have triumphed in the race to buy Desjonquères, the bottle-making division of French group Saint-Gobain.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings have teamed up to back The Ensus Group, which is planning to build the UK’s first bioethanol plant.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Close Brothers Private Equity, a UK mid-market firm, has sold United Transport International, a freight logistics business, and its stake in V.Ships, a shipping company.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK retailer will open its books to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, after the buyout firm increased its bid to £10.40 per share or £10.1 billion.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Iceni Capital has closed three deals in one day , buying marketing services company Pell & Bales, and two communications companies that it has merged into one group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
