Private Equity
Legal & General Ventures has agreed to sell a portfolio of seven companies to secondary investor Vision Capital for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
After successive hurricanes have battered the Southern parts of the US, Stone Point, the team of former Marsh private equity pros, is getting back into the reinsurance business with the acquisition of a Chubb subsidiary.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Shares in the UK high street retailer fell 29 percent at start of trading today following the announcement from the private equity firm.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The buyout and mezzanine manager has invested €29 million of equity and debt in French sushi company Marco Polo.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Nordic-based private equity firm has completed its sixth deal in the Benelux region, acquiring two subsidiaries from the retail multinational.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Bridgepoint has used its £189 million (€291 million; $377 million) refinancing of its investment in Pets at Home to pay off £20 million of mezzanine debt and pay itself a £70 million dividend.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Central and Eastern Europe focused firm has fully divested its stake in the Slovakian mobile operator.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Asia Pacific arm of CVC is poised to exit its investment in the Australian private hospital operator 18 months after acquiring it.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A consortium comprising Apax, Blackstone and CVC has made a new offer for the Spanish telecommunications company Auna as rival KKR joins the fray.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The acquisitive Icelandic group will team up with a consortium comprising Apax Partners, Barclays Capital and Robert Tchenguiz to put together a £1.1bn offer for UK supermarket chain Somerfield.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
