BC Partners related stories
All articles and analysis
3i completes deals, signs new LPsThe London-listed private equity firm has announced two acquisitions this week, only days after the announcement that it achieved realisations worth £1.15 billion in the 11 months to the end of February.
- Buyout groups in fundraising boom
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.
- PAI Europe IV closes on €2.7bn
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.
- EQT buys BC’s Sanitec
Nordic equity house EQT is the new owner of Sanitec International, the Finland and Germany-based maker of bathroom products.
- Report: Goldman Sachs to raise $7bn PE fund
Bucking the trend of investment banks scaling back their principal investment activities, Goldman Sachs is reportedly preparing to raise a new mega-fund.
- Bain ‘books’ $2.1bn quick flip
Four months after acquiring the Canadian directories business of Verizon for $1.5bn, the Boston private equity firm has agreed to sell the company to former KKR portfolio company the Yellow Pages Group for approximately $2.1bn.
- Spain’s Amadeus agrees €4.3bn buyout
Reports today indicate that the shareholders of Spanish travel services firm Amadeus have agreed to sell the company to BC Partners and Cinven in a €4.3bn buyout.
- Code Hennessy closes $1.3bn fund
The Chicago private equity firm has closed its fifth buyout fund on $1.3bn, completing its fundraising in approximately six months.
- Blackstone offers €8bn for stake in Wind
The global buyout group has tabled an offer for a 63 percent interest in Italian telecommunications group Wind, valuing the business at €12.6 billion in what would be the largest ever European private equity deal.
- Carlyle rakes in $5bn for US fund
The global buyout firm has reached a $5bn first close for its fourth US buyout fund less than three months after the launch of fundraising.