Private Equity
Caste Harlan and its Australian affiliate CHAMP have merged several barley malting companies to form a new global company with $400 million in revenues.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
In the latest in a string of investments in the financial technology sector, the Boston-based firm has acquired 3i Group’s majority stake in software vendor SmartStream Technologies.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Dubai International Capital has followed up the purchase of Doncasters for £700m in May with the acquisition of another UK asset, budget hotel chain Travelodge.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i and Star Capital Partners have sold Swiss aircraft maintenance company SR Technics to a consortium of investors from the United Arab Emirates for €1 bn.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Three groups led by Terra Firma Capital Partners, UBS and Macquarie are understood to have made formal offers in the auction for Thames Water, a UK water company owned by German utility RWE.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity manager, is competing with Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and KKR for Taiwan’s top cable TV operator in a transaction estimated to fetch about $1.4 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Allianz Capital Partners has sold UK care homes provider Four Seasons Healthcare to an investment fund of the Qatar Investment Authority, despite interest from 3i and Terra Firma Capital Partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Newbridge Andean Partners, a fund managed by ACON Investments and affiliated with Texas Pacific, has agreed to sell its minority stake in Carulla Vivero through a transaction that values the retailer at over $700m including debt.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Close Growth Capital, a UK small buyout and growth capital private equity firm, has sold Goodridge, an auto parts supplier, to company management.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A press report suggests the hit TV producer is having meetings with six buyout firms ahead of starting a formal auction.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
