Private Equity
Menlo Park-based tech specialist Francisco Partners acquired CRM and voice application services outfit FrontRange Solutions in a roughly $200m deal.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Swiss mid-market firm has acquired an 85 percent stake in the 146 year old Benninger Textile Systems.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The buyout firm has made a 178p per share bid for Inventive Leisure, the AIM-listed owner of the UK vodka bar chain.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
AXA Private Equity generated an IRR of around 45 percent in the sale of Tokheim to Electra Partners Europe.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The European mid-market buyout firm sells French CCTV business UDL for a money multiple of almost 4x.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The consortium that invested in mobile telecoms company Orange Romania in 1999 has made a 4x money multiple on the sale of its stake to France Télécom.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
More than six months after Burlington Coat Factory announced it was looking at strategic alternatives, Bain Capital has agreed to acquire the apparel retailer for $2.06bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Boston-based private equity firm will recap the media entertainment company in a transaction valued at $175 million, as rumors swirl about a possible counter-bid on UK entertainment firm HIT.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-based private equity firm has withdrawn from the bidding process for the British mining company.
1 min read · 30 December 2012