Private Equity
CVC Capital Partners has realised most of its investment in German metering business ista, after completing a €2.4 billion secondary sale to UK buyout firm Charterhouse Capital Partners.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A consortium led by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is in exclusive negotiations to buy Saur, a French waste and water management group currently owned by PAI partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is trying to derail The Blackstone Group’s agreed £96 million bid for La Tasca, a UK tapas chain.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
As expected, UK-listed buyout group 3i has sold UK car park operator NCP to Macquarie for £790m, realising a substantial profit just a year and a half after buying the company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Apax Partners has become the second buyout firm to invest in Trader Media, a specialist publishing arm of the Guardian Media Group. It has bought a 49.9 percent stake, in a deal that values the company at £1.35 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK mid-market firm has seen off trade competition to win backing of ICM Computer Group’s board in take-private deal.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Sovereign Capital has again utilised its favoured buy-and-build strategy by combining three businesses that supply maintenance services to social housing.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint has bought UK retailer Fat Face from Advent International for £360 million, and the educational business of Wolters Kluwer for €728 million. The investments are the firm’s second and third of 2007.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The private equity consortium linked with a bid for Sainsbury has reportedly made its first tentative approach to the UK retailer, as it considers making a bid ahead of its April 13 deadline.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK buyout firm Duke Street Capital has sealed its latest acquisition in the food sector, buying UK snack-maker Burton’s Foods in a deal thought to be worth more than £200 million.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
