Cinven related stories
All articles and analysis
Blackstone to bid in £1.7bn United Biscuits auctionThe US private equity firm is reported to be lining up a bid for United Biscuits, the maker of McVities Biscuits and Jaffa Cakes in the UK. The move will pit the firm against Premier Foods, a UK food group.
- Bulking up at the gym
Summer is a busy time for the gym sector as people put in the hours to attain the perfect beach body. Private equity, it turns out, has been flexing its acquisition muscles too. By Robert Venes.
- €2bn Lafarge unit on PE radar
Bids for the roofing division of Lafarge, a global cement group, are being considered by a dozen private equity firms as well as trade buyers, according to a French report.
- Cinven buys Avio from Carlyle for €2.57bn
Cinven, a European private equity firm, has capped a busy month that has seen it invest in over €8bn of transactions with the purchase of Avio, an Italian aerospace engine maker, from owners The Carlyle Group and Finmeccanica.
- KKR, Apollo interested in £5bn UK water utility
US buyout firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Apollo Management are eyeing a £5bn bid for Severn Trent, a UK water and waste management business.
- All in the mind
After years of investing in healthcare, Thoma Cressey Partners is developing a strategy for pursuing specialty mental health providers, a sector the firm says is poised for growth. Dave Keating reports.
- Kraft takes £575m bite of United Biscuits
US food group Kraft has bought the southern European division of United Biscuits, five months after Goldman Sachs was appointed to carry out a strategic review of the biscuit and snacks manufacturer.
- Warburg and Cinven buy Essent Kabelcom for €2.6bn
Warburg Pincus and Cinven, the US and European private equity firms, have won a €2.6bn auction to buy Essent Kabelcom, a Dutch cable operator, following the withdrawal of Liberty Global, a US cable business.
- Cinven hires Goldman private equity executive
European buyout group Cinven has bolstered its team ahead of beginning to invest its latest €6.5 bn fund.
- Lazard pulls plug on buyout arm
US bank has abandoned plans for a European buyout team after failing to raise significant funds or to do a deal in the two years since launch.