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HgCapital exits healthcare for £255mCastlebeck, sold to a subsidiary of the Barchester Healthcare Group, is HgCapital’s fifth transaction in the healthcare sector in the past 18 months.
- Bridgepoint sells French nursing homes
BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm, and AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the French insurance group, have teamed up to acquire Médica, a French nursing home business.
- Apax tops $5.5bn global bank tables
Private equity firms accounted for 16 percent of all global investment banking revenues in the first six months of the year.
- Apax mulls bid for Big Brother producer
UK firm Apax Partners, owner of HIT Entertainment, a children’s TV rights company, is looking again at the sector after its approach for ITV was rebuffed earlier in the year.
- Bloggers lure VC dollars
Venture capitalists have made a number of recent investments in news-related blogs, hoping that the promise of big revenue and low cost pans out. Dave Keating reports.
- New Look reports record sales
UK fashion retailer New Look, backed by private equity firms Apax Partner and Permira, has dropped five of its senior directors, while founder Tom Singh is to take on to a non-executive role.
- Cohen and Moulton warn on rising debt levels
Sir Ronald Cohen and John Moulton have warned that the aggressive levels of debt being put into European buyouts could trigger a market correction.
- Benchmark hires European venture partner
London-based Benchmark Capital Europe has hired Klaus Hommels, formerly of BV Capital, Apax Partners and AOL, as its first European venture partner.
- Buyout houses rev up for CVC’s motorbike business
Dorna, CVC’s motorbike racing rights business forced into auction by competition issues, is attracting early interest from rival buyout groups.
- Cinven leads interest in £300m All3Media
All3Media, the Bridgepoint-backed company behind popular UK TV shows Richard and Judy and Shameless, is reportedly attracting interest from private equity firms Cinven, Apax and DLJ Merchant Banking.