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Cinven wins £1.44bn BUPA hospital auction(3)UK private healthcare group BUPA has sold its hospital arm to European buyout firm Cinven. The healthcare company exited the business because of regulation which prevented it from expanding its portfolio.
- AA and Saga in £6bn merger(2)
Travel and insurance group Saga is to merge with the AA, the vehicle breakdown service owned by Permira and CVC Capital Partners that has been at the heart of the recent controversy over private equity. The move has provoked further union anger.
- New Look auction collapses
UK retailer New Look looks likely to be refinanced rather than sold, after the final consortium targeting the company failed to agree with the vendors’ valuation and withdrew from the auction.
- CD&R sells Brakes to Bain for £1.3bn(2)
US buyout firm Bain Capital has won the race to buy Brake Bros, a UK food distribution business, from Clayton Dubilier & Rice, in a deal thought to be worth about £1.3 billion.
- Cinven wins £1.44bn BUPA hospital auction(2)
UK private healthcare group BUPA has sold its hospital arm to European buyout firm Cinven. The healthcare company exited the business because of regulation which prevented it from expanding its portfolio.
- AA/ Saga backers share £2.5bn profit
The three buyout firms behind last week’s merger of UK companies the AA and Saga have moved to address concerns about a lack of transparency by releasing additional financial details of the £6.15 billion deal.
- AA and Saga in £6bn merger
Travel and insurance group Saga is to merge with the AA, the vehicle breakdown service owned by Permira and CVC Capital Partners that has been at the heart of the recent controversy over private equity. The move has provoked further union anger.
- Cinven wins £1.44bn BUPA hospital auction
UK private healthcare group BUPA has sold its hospital arm to European buyout firm Cinven. The healthcare company exited the business because of regulation which prevented it from expanding its portfolio.
- CVC hauled before Treasury following AA criticism(2)
CVC Capital Partners has become the latest private equity firm to be called before the UK Treasury Select Committee, which is due to meet for a third time next Tuesday to discuss the industry. The summons comes in the wake of its controversial ownership of the AA, which this week completed a £6 billion merger with Saga.
- Caja Madrid boosts CVC bid for Altadis(3)
A consortium of financial institutions is providing acquisition finance for CVC’s bid for Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis. The buyout firm’s bid has experienced pressure from the Spanish government concerned at the lack of domestic involvement, but it is believed Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid’s involvement may counteract such concerns.