Private Equity
France Telecom has followed up the sale of its PagesJaunes directory business today, with the disposal of its Mobile Satellite Communications arm to Apax Partners for €60m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity manager, has backed Avery Healthcare, a group of care homes, in its acquisition of Hadrian Healthcare.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
European buyout group Bridgepoint has won the auction for Dorna, a Spanish motorcycle sports business, despite bidding less than rival Advent International.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a US buyout house, has beaten off competition from a number of other private equity firms, including Texas Pacific Group and Eurazeo, to acquire France Telecom’s 54% stake in French directories business PagesJaunes.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus has bought Wall Street Systems and Trema to build a market leader in treasury and capital market transaction processing.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Terra Firma, the UK private equity firm, will hold on to the waste-to-energy arm of Waste Recycling Group, which analysts say could be worth £650m, following a sale of the waste disposal business to FCC of Spain.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
UK lower mid-market firms Sovereign Capital and Palamon Capital Partners have had a busy week, with Sovereign completing two deals, while Palamon closed its €670m second fund and invested in a German corporate gift certificate company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Blackstone Group, US manager of the world’s largest buyout fund, is in talks to acquire seven Center Parcs Europe properties.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Carlyle, a US private equity firm, has acquired Wesco Aircraft Hardware Group, a California-based distributor of aerospace hardware.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A £1.1bn revised bid by a consortium including Bank of Scotland and West Coast Capital’s Tom Hunter for McCarthy & Stone, a UK homes builder, has trumped a recommended offer by Permira and Barclays Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
