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EQT hires CD&R investor relations executiveThe Stockholm-based firm, which is approaching the end of fundraising for its sixth fund, has hired Christian Broberg from CD&R.
- AXA continues secondaries spree with $500m Mizuho deal
The Japanese conglomerate is selling a portfolio of buyout stakes to AXA Private Equity.
- European buyout value continues to rise
The total value of private equity-backed deals is on pace to beat last year’s total of €55bn while exits are headed up, according to research from the Centre for Management Buy-out Research.
- EQT consolidates Swedish natural gas sector
A €110m add-on acquisition from utility E.ON gives EQT ownership of Sweden’s entire high-pressure natural gas transmission grid, running over 620km.
- Nordic reaps huge return on sale to rival
Buyout firm Nordic Capital has sold one of the ‘jewels’ of its portfolio to regional rival EQT, generating a substantial return in the process.
- BC fund kicks off with €1.9bn deal
BC Partners has made its first acquisition with capital from its latest mega-fund, winning the hotly-contested auction for Swedish cable company Com Hem with a bid of SKr17bn (€1.9bn; $2.7bn).
- EQT takes exits past €6bn with Securitas sale
EQT has sealed its third sizeable sale this year with the disposal of an alarm manufacturer to Bain and Hellman & Friedman.
- Illinois Teachers’ boosts PE allocation
The $37.3bn pension fund will invest 11% of total assets in private equity in 2012.
- Litorina exits Swedish IT company to Nordic rival
After expanding the company’s geographic presence in the greater Nordic region and beyond, Litorina has exited its stake in Swedish IT security group Coromatic to regional rival EQT partners for a 35% IRR.
- EQT in €3.1bn cable exit
The Nordic firm has sold German cable provider Kabel BW, which it acquired from The Blackstone Group in 2006.