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LBO France sells Winoa Group to KKRThe divestment comes as LBO France is attempting to collect €1bn for its latest fund.
- Cinven plots £600m CPA Global refi
Cinven is the latest firm to take advantage of helpful credit conditions by refinancing CPA - which will allow it to take out a dividend recap of about £180m after just 18 months of ownership.
- Apax plots €1bn more investments from Euro Fund VII
The London-based firm hopes to secure a 12-month extension for its seventh fund with a view to investing €1bn made up from recycled capital and reserves.
- AlpInvest collects $4.2bn for secondaries
The Carlyle Group’s private equity fund of funds arm AlpInvest has raised $4.2bn for secondaries, including $750m for its AlpInvest Secondaries Fund V.
- Bridgepoint takes the biscuit with Dr Gerard
The UK firm hopes to consolidate the fragmented CEE market following the acquisition of the Polish biscuit maker.
- Bridgepoint growth arm buys Swedish customs business
KGH Customs could give UK-based BDC a foothold in the fragmented customs services sector.
- LBO France appoints new director
Vincent Briançon is the latest addition to the French firm's investment team, after a year that saw it postpone the launch of its latest fund.
- Bridgepoint appoints former Marks & Spencer chief
Sir Stuart Rose, Marks and Spencer’s former boss, will become chair of UK clothing chain Fat Face nearly six years after Bridgepoint acquired the company.
- Turkey roundtable 2013: Maturing nicely?
Turkey has been tipped for some time to become a hotbed of private equity activity, given its geographic position between Europe and Asia and its strong supply of founder- and family-owned companies ripe for expansion. Now, nearly a decade since Turkish private equity got its start, and with GDP growth forecast to hit 5% in 2013, PEI talks to four of the market’s key players to find out if Turkish private equity is finally set to take off.
- Sir James Crosby quits Bridgepoint after damning HBOS report
The former HBOS chief executive has resigned from Bridgepoint’s advisory board, after the UK’s Parliamentary Commission slammed his part in a 'colossal failure of senior management' at the failed bank.