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Friday Letter: RolloverThe private equity industry has recently been coming under fire for selling assets to the public market at prices that sit far distant from the price these groups paid to take them private.
- Eurazeo abandons Fraikin IPO for €1.4 bn sale to CVC
Eurazeo has cancelled plans for an initial public offering of truck rental business Fraikin and is selling the company to CVC Capital while reinvesting $60 million in the new entity.
- Cinven makes good return on satellite deal
Consortium sale of Eutelsat stake to a Spanish construction firm has helped European buyout firm Cinven to a return of 4.6 times its orginal investment.
- Hermes revisits hospitality sector
Hermes Private Equity has returned to the hospitality sector with a minority stake in a French holiday park operator, its first investment in the sector since it sold a hotel chain, Galaxie Hotels, in 2005.
- Castle mulls radical fund overhaul
Switzerland-listed fund Castle Private Equity has become the latest publically traded fund to bow to shareholder pressure, having announced a raft of changes ahead of a radical restructuring.
- Eurazeo ramps up support for solar PV firm
The French private equity firm has invested a further €15m in Fonroche Energy following an initial €25m equity investment in April last year.
- Enter the activists
Trouble is brewing in the listed private equity sector as a Paris-based investment company tries to shake up the way a listed fund of funds is managed – and has vowed to do the same with other vehicles.
- Eurazeo joins Bridgepoint on €1bn deal
UK-based Bridgepoint and Paris-listed Eurazeo have joined forces for the first time to acquire European real estate management company Foncia.
- Listed groups seek consolidation
Acquisitions by Eurazeo and HarbourVest are signs of long-awaited consolidation. Eurazeo's deal gives it access to the SME market, according to Virginie Morgon.
- Carlyle to invest $98m in Central Pacific Financial
The capital injection is matched by an investment of equal size from New York-based Anchorage Capital Group, part of an expected aggregate $325m capital raise by Central Pacific.