Private Equity
The Japanese bank is to buy €800 million worth of German DIY stores as part of a drive into alternative investments.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The US private equity firm is reported to be lining up a bid for United Biscuits, the maker of McVities Biscuits and Jaffa Cakes in the UK. The move will pit the firm against Premier Foods, a UK food group.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Hermes Private Equity, a UK private equity firm, has backed the buyout of Thomas Estates, gaming company, and plans to merge them with portfolio company Mayfair Gaming.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
EQT, a Swedish private equity firm, is expected to float German aromas and flavours business Symrise before the end of the year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Interest is building around Bebo, a social networking site backed by Benchmark Capital, as founder Michael Birch plays down potential of approach from Viacom, a US media firm.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two European buyout groups have taken a partial exit on their investment in Holmes Place, a European fitness chain, selling the UK business to rival Virgin Active.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout firm KKR is re-writing the record books with Europe’s largest single equity investment to fund the buyout of Philips’s semiconductor unit, underwritten by Europe’s biggest junk bond sale.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Four buyout firms are reported to have reached second round bids for government-owned Dutch publisher Sdu.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Prelude Trust, a UK quoted investment trust, has invested alongside QinetiQ Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company and TTP Ventures in a new financing round for ZBD Displays, which has raised almost £15m since 2001.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners, the co-investment fund of US bank Lehman Brothers, has joined The Carlyle Group as a shareholder in Firth Rixson, a metal manufacturing business Carlyle acquired in 2003.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
