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EQT doubles money on DometicHaving aborted an IPO 16 months ago, EQT has sold the Swedish domestic appliance manufacturer to BC Partners for €1.1bn.
- Carlyle closes €450m European CLO fund
Having closed its first collateralised loan obligation fund, Carlyle’s European leveraged finance division has brought in a new CFO.
- CVC launches €1.4bn retail takeover
The European private equity firm has launched a €1.4bn agreed takeover bid for Spanish clothing retailer Cortefiel on top of its bid for cable and wireless group Auna.
- PE-backed leverage deals up more than 30%
Latest figures from data provider Dealogic have confirmed the enormous amount of liquidity in the debt markets that was available for private equity deals in 2005.
- Investcorp buys gift co from BC Partners for €440m
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
- PE firms branded ‘locusts’ in Germany
A debate over private equity’s business ethics is raging in Germany after one of the country’s most senior politicians described financial investors as greedy, job-destroying insects.
- BC signs pros from Apax, Englefield
Armed with its new €5.8bn buyout fund, pan-European LBO house BC Partners has hired Nikos Stathopoulos from Apax and Giampiero Mazza from Englefield.
- Cinven buys mental health service provider
The £552m buyout of Partnerships in Care puts Cinven back in control of the company it last owned in 2000 as part of the General Healthcare Group.
- Cinven buys French cable operator
Altice One, if combined with existing portfolio company Numéricable, would make Cinven the world’s largest owner of French language cable services.
- Dubai fund buys £800m London attraction
Dubai International Capital has completed its first private equity deal, acquiring the Tussauds Group from Charterhouse Capital Partners for £800m.