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Groupe Moniteur enters third PE ownershipThe French publisher has been acquired from private equity firm Sagard by London-based Bridgepoint in a tertiary buyout.
- Duke Street strengthens French operations
Duke Street Capital’s Paris office has made its second hire in the last two months with the appointment of Vincent Dupuy as an investment manager.
- Apollo to acquire Lord & Taylor for $1.2bn
Federated Department Stores will sell the chain to NRDC Equity Partners, a partnership between Apollo and National Realty & Development Corp.
- SKM spinoff raises $230m fund
Dallas-based Parallel Investment Partners will invest in recapitalizations and opportunistic buyouts with its second fund.
- Banking fees from private equity 19% down
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners led the financial sponsors’ global rankings for banking fee revenue in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 5.2 percent of market share.
- Gearing up for rejection
Private equity firms are having trouble spending the record sums being raised, especially when it comes to European public-to-privates. Robert Venes reports.
- Small is the new big
While the Great Men of the buyout world are raising mega-billions, the Great Men of the venture industry are going mini – take, for example, the recent activity from venture pioneer Alan Patricof. David Snow reports.
- BC Partners to exit GHG for £2.2bn
A consortium including Apax Partners and a South African private hospitals operator has agreed to acquire UK private healthcare business General Healthcare Group.
- Apax-backed retailer calls in administrator
UK DVD retailer Silverscreen, which has received £23.5m in funding from Apax Partners, has called in administrator Kroll.
- ITV rejects second private equity bid
A consortium led by Apax Partners has had a revised offer for UK media group ITV rejected by the company’s board. The consortium said it would not proceed further with its proposal.