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  • OMERS, AIMCo back Vue's acquisition of Italian cinema chain
    Brad Meikle- 16 October 2014

    Vue Entertainment International has agreed to acquire The Space Entertainment S.p.A., a cinema chain in Italy. While the deal's value was not disclosed by the company, Reuters reported http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/mediaset-benetton-sale-idUSL6N0SB10X20141016 it as 105 million euros (US$134 million). Vue said the acquisition is its fourth in the past three years and is supported by a follow-on investment by the company's backers, OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo). OMERS and AIMCo jointly acquired the business from British private equity firm Doughty Hanson in 2013 for $1.48 billion. Based in London, United Kingdom, Vue is an operator and developer of modern state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas.

  • TMF Group to acquire KCS Limited
    Angela Sormani- 14 July 2014

    TMF Group is to purchase KCS Limited from UCL Asia Partners. The business is a pan-Asian corporate services provider specialising in corporate accounting, corporate secretarial and payroll services.

  • Bankers ready $4.4 bln debt for healthcare acquisitions: Reuters
    Reuters News- 10 July 2014

    Bankers are lining up two separate debt financing packages worth a combined total of 3.2 billion euros ($4.36 billion) to back the acquisitions of healthcare firms Quiron and Generale de Sante, banking sources said on Wednesday.

  • CVC in €1.6bn Spanish hospital deal
    Yolanda Bobeldijk- 7 July 2014

    The sale of Quirón will net Dougthy Hanson a 2x return and a 40% IRR

  • CVC to buy Spanish private hospital stake from Doughty Hanson - Reuters
    Reuters News- 18 June 2014

    CVC Capital Partners is to buy a 61 percent stake in Spanish hospital group Quiron from fellow private equity firm Doughty Hanson and merge the company with its other Spanish medical group IDC, writes Reuters. Quiron did not give any financial details for the deal, which it said was expected to be completed this month.

  • peHUB First Read
    Angela Sormani- 18 June 2014

    Find out the latest midweek happenings this morning including Microsoft Ventures launching a new accelerator for start-ups, tips for raising seed stage capital, an insight into why Harvard's top managers have exited the endowment and who is top of Columbia's IRRs.

  • CDC hires ESG director from Actis
    Chelsea Stevenson- 19 February 2014

    Ritu Kumar has joined the UK development finance institution as a director.

  • Pantheon scores nearly $700 mln separate account
    David Toll- 29 January 2014

    Pantheon, the fund-of-funds manager, has raised €504 million ($688.6 million) for a separate account managed on behalf of client Bayerische Versorgungskammer. BVK is the largest public pension manager in Germany.

  • Doughty Hanson to raise £182m on HellermannTyton IPO(2)
    Matthieu Favas- 23 January 2014

    The UK firm, currently on the trail to raise its Fund VI, has fully repaid its investment after selling half its stake in the cable and fastener producer.

  • Doughty Hanson to cease RE, venture investing(2)
    Jonathan Brasse- 22 January 2014

    The London-based firm will concentrate its efforts on its core private equity business.