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Buyout firms push up Caudwell price to £1.5bnMobile 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.
- 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.
- Doughty sells stake in UK food group
Doughty Hanson has exited its investment in RHM, makers of Hovis bread and Mr Kipling cakes, with the sale of its remaining 26% stake through a secondary placing.
- Benson Elliot hires Dubai Investment Group MD
Trish Geery, formerly managing director and head of global real estate for the Dubai Investment Group, has joined Marc Mogull’s recently launched private equity real estate business.
- Ex-Doughty man Mogull launches own firm
Benson Elliot Capital Partners, the new private equity real estate vehicle of former Doughty Hanson property chief Marc Mogull, has launched in London with €264m of commitments to its first fund.