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Blair defends private equity industryTony Blair, the UK Prime Minister, has come to the defence of private equity as the industry continues to come in for criticism from trade unions and members of his own party.
- Doughty returns €350m in refinancing
Impress Group, a Dutch-based metal can producer created by Doughty Hanson in 1997, has been refinanced for €1bn after several acquisitions in the past six years.
- €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.
- ITV agrees TV3 sale to Doughty Hanson
ITV, a UK broadcaster, has sold its 45% stake in TV3 for £70m as part of a €265m transaction for the whole of the Irish television channel by Doughty Hanson.
- Buyout firms push up Caudwell price to £1.5bn
Mobile phone company founder John Caudwell has sold out to private equity netting more for his stake in the business than analysts had predicted for the entire group.
- 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.
- Providence, Doughty to pay £1bn for Caudwell Group
Providence Equity Partners and Doughty Hanson, two buyout firms, will buy the Caudwell Group, a UK mobile telephony group which owns the Phones 4 U brand, for £1bn.
- 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.
- Benson Elliot hires former Schroders man
Marc Mogull’s newly-launched private equity real estate firm Benson Elliot Capital Management has hired its second partner, Philip Irons, former head of direct property transactions at Schroders.
- Doughty Hanson closes €560m real estate fund
The second real estate vehicle from the UK-based private equity firm will largely stick with the investment strategy of its predecessor.