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  • HgCapital exits healthcare for £255m
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Castlebeck, sold to a subsidiary of the Barchester Healthcare Group, is HgCapital’s fifth transaction in the healthcare sector in the past 18 months.

  • Bridgepoint sells French nursing homes
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm, and AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the French insurance group, have teamed up to acquire Médica, a French nursing home business.

  • Medica France pulls float
    PEI Staff- 3 January 2013

    The French private equity-backed retirement home operator has abandoned its plans for an IPO, but is revisiting its dual-track process and may turn to a trade sale.

  • Bridgepoint drives off with a sevenfold return
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    European buyout firm Bridgepoint has sold its five-year investment in Swedish car park operator Carpark for approximately €325m.

  • Leveraged debt advisor Blenheim expands team
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    London-based Blenheim Advisors, an advisor on debt packages for financings and refinancings, has made two appointments to meet greater demand for service from private equity firms.

  • Bridgepoint buys in to Italian cosmetics
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    London-based investor Bridgepoint has purchased a 70 percent stake in Italian perfumery Limoni for a reported €470m.

  • Permira, Barclays bid for UK retirement homes
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    Permira and Barclays Capital have reportedly made a £900m offer for listed retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone.

  • Cinven leads interest in £300m All3Media
    Robert Venes- 3 January 2013

    All3Media, the Bridgepoint-backed company behind popular UK TV shows Richard and Judy and Shameless, is reportedly attracting interest from private equity firms Cinven, Apax and DLJ Merchant Banking.

  • Groupe Moniteur enters third PE ownership
    Andy Thomson- 3 January 2013

    The French publisher has been acquired from private equity firm Sagard by London-based Bridgepoint in a tertiary buyout.

  • Bridgepoint recruits chairman for Nordic arm
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    Mikael Lövgren, formerly senior vice president and director at Boston Consulting Group, will be chairman of Bridgepoint’s Nordic activities.