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  • Permira, Barclays bid for UK retirement homes
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Permira and Barclays Capital have reportedly made a £900m offer for listed retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone.

  • Axa joins Eurotunnel rescue group
    PEI Staff- 3 January 2013

    French captive Axa Private Equity is giving Eurotunnel’s restructuring a Gallic seal of approval, assuaging French retail investors and taking the group a step closer to recovery.

  • Rutland floats H&T Group for £92m
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    Following the recent sale of power station owner Carron Energy, UK private equity firm Rutland Partners has made 3x its money with the flotation of pawnbroker H&T Group.

  • HgCapital exits Travelsphere for £155m
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    The London-headquartered private equity firm said it has returned a total of £50.1m to investors following the sale of UK travel operator Travelsphere to Electra Partners Europe.

  • String of hires for ISIS Equity
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    ISIS Equity Partners, the UK lower mid-market firm, has announced three new hires in its London and Birmingham offices.

  • Bridgepoint buys 1st Credit in secondary MBO
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Bridgepoint has purchased a majority stake in debt collection agency 1st Credit from UK private equity house Gresham.

  • HgCapital completes €225m recap
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    HgCapital, the European mid-market private equity firm, has returned €91m to its investors at 1.7 times cost from the re-capitalisation of portfolio company FTE Automotive.

  • Barclays backs £135m Deb Group buyout
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Barclays Private Equity, the UK-based European mid-market investor, has backed the £135m management buyout of Deb Group, a provider of skincare products and dispensing systems.

  • Euro deal round-up 11/02/04
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Cyclacel takes venture funding to $123m; Sovereign backs UK care homes buyout; Sanos lands €8m Series A round; 3i, Montagu lead $15m Searchspace round; Transatlantic funding for Pertinence Data; Soffinova backs wireless start-up; Siemens spin-off lands €4.4m second round; Elliptic lands €8.5m backing from Apax, IVC

  • Granville Baird backs security MBO
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The European mid-market private equity firm has backed a $40m management buyout at the UK security business of US group ArmorGroup International.