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Business Growth Fund bolsters Scottish teamUK state-backed investment vehicle the Business Growth Fund continues to grow its fledgling investment team, bolstering its ranks in Edinburgh with the addition of former Dunedin Capital Partners executive Duncan Macrae.
- CVC bulks up with Virgin Active deal
CVC, no stranger to partnering with entrepreneurs after investing in F1 with Bernie Ecclestone, has acquired a majority stake in a gym chain owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group.
- European buyout value continues to rise
The total value of private equity-backed deals is on pace to beat last year’s total of €55bn while exits are headed up, according to research from the Centre for Management Buy-out Research.
- Turkish healthcare takes off as NBGI seals deal
NBGI Private Equity has acquired a Turkish drugs company, the latest in a spate of investments, particularly in healthcare, by firms drawn to the country’s compelling fundamentals.
- Horsley Bridge hires endowment PE chief
The San Francisco-based fund of funds has hired Du Chai, who ran private equity at Northwestern University and was ‘integral’ in expanding the endowment’s emerging markets exposure.
- Nordic reaps huge return on sale to rival
Buyout firm Nordic Capital has sold one of the ‘jewels’ of its portfolio to regional rival EQT, generating a substantial return in the process.
- BC Partners within whisker of €6bn target
Buyout firm BC Partners has held a second close for its latest mega-fund just shy of its €6bn target, demonstrating that top tier firms are still able to attract significant amounts of capital despite a difficult fundraising environment.
- BC fund kicks off with €1.9bn deal
BC Partners has made its first acquisition with capital from its latest mega-fund, winning the hotly-contested auction for Swedish cable company Com Hem with a bid of SKr17bn (€1.9bn; $2.7bn).
- Exits outstrip investments in UK
UK exit activity in the first six months of the year slightly outpaced new investments for the first time since 2006, according to CMBOR.
- Carlyle rolls on with £1bn RAC buyout
The Carlyle Group’s recent deal spree - it has agreed three deals already this month - continues with the acquisition of UK-based roadside assistance group the RAC.