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Bridgepoint, Axa place €600m bet on SnaiThe two firms are looking to carve out the gaming operations of Italian-listed leisure group Snai at the same time that Blackstone is reportedly vying to take control of Gala Coral.
- Duke Street keeps Navimo from sailing away
Restructuring of the yacht accessories maker has reduced the firm’s stake to 30%, with BNP Paribas taking 30% and management 40%.
- Advent agrees German all-equity deal
Advent hopes to capitalise on the highly fragmented German debt collection market with the purchase of GFKL Financial Services.
- Candover loses another investment, delays fund decision
As stakeholders discuss what to do with the firm’s suspended €3bn 2008 fund, Candover has lost control of laboratory business ALcontrol to GSO Capital.
- Bridgepoint to unleash Pets at Home
Two years after shelving similar plans, the European mid-market firm is pursuing a dual-track sale process for Pets at Home that may value it at as much as £700m.
- Bridgepoint poised to plant flag in Turkey
As private equity interest in Turkey gathers momentum, Bridgepoint is close to completing the acquisition of a vehicle inspection business.
- EBRD mulls commitment to Turkish debutant
Having scaled back its fundraising target significantly, Eurasia Capital Partners is now close to garnering €10m from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- Small minority of GPs were boomtime net sellers
Only 10 of the largest 50 private equity firms in the world sold more than they bought during a five-year period characterised by sky-high prices and bidding wars, PEI Media research shows.
- Study: Firms will disappear, merge amid ‘shake-out’
Bridgepoint’s acquisition of Hermes’ direct funds and CapDyn’s assumption of HRJ’s assets are examples of a trend mid-market GPs expect to continue.
- Ex-Apax financial services chief to replace Bridgepoint’s Davison
Stephen Green will lead the mid-market firm’s European financial services activities as John Davison ends his six-year tenure to ‘pursue other interests’.