Private Equity
UK serviced office provider Regus has bought back a majority stake in its Regus UK business three years after selling it to UK private equity firm Alchemy Partners.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
ABN AMRO Capital has agreed the sale of Netherlands-based RTD Group to Applus, a Spanish testing firm.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
Goldman Sachs JBWere and Quadrant Private Equity, two private equity firms active in Australia and New Zealand, are co-investing in the buyout of adventure equipment maker Kathmandu Group.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
French media group Canal Plus has sold a 60 percent stake in struggling football club Paris St Germain to Butler Capital Partners, Colony Capital and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Los Angeles- and New York-based Qualia Capital has agreed to take over Gaylord Films and Rysher Entertainment in a reported $100m deal. The transaction represents private equity’s continued drive into the entertainment space.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The London-based private equity firm has made its second investment from its Montagu III fund with the £182m acquisition of UK finance software provider Misys General Insurance.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
Angelo Gordon and MTN Capital Partners have teamed up with former Duane Reade head Bruce Weitz to take over Marks & Spencer’s US grocer Kings Supermarkets in a $61.5m deal.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
The French cable operator acquired by London-based investor Cinven last year is set to purchase UPC France from Liberty Global for approximately €1.2bn.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
Honeywell has agreed to sell the crash test dummies unit of newly acquired First Technology PLC to HgCapital for $87.3 million.
1 min read · 31 December 2012
London-based private equity firm Exponent Private Equity has made its second investment with the purchase of Durrants Media Monitoring.
2 min read · 31 December 2012
