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Beneath big buyoutsPrivate equity became big news in the Benelux region recently after international financial investors completed a string of large and high profile LBOs. But what is happening on the ground, in the region's locally dominated mid-market and in the venture space? Colm Gilmore finds out
- GIMV returns to profit
The listed Belgian private equity firm, having announced a €71m net capital gain for 2003, is upbeat about its prospects.
- GIMV realises €127m in partial exit
The Belgian private equity firm has sold two-thirds of its stake in Barco, a Belgian electronics company, for €127m.
- Past performance: your best guide to the future
The launch of the first edition of the Private Equity Performance Monitor reveals the performance of the global private equity industry. Mark O’Hare of Private Equity Intelligence outlines one of the key findings from analysis of the data contained within: that past performance can indeed be a good guide to future performance in private equity.
- Deal round-up 06/10/03
Sovereign backs funeral buyout; Scottish Equity Partners leads BioVex round; Accent takes Cefar stake; Atlas leads Arrow Therapeutics financing; ING, Capricorn back TiGenix; Matrix leads Recite investment; Benchmark Capital funds Yoox; Apax backs $11m Iris round;
- Deal round-up 16/07/03
Benchmark, Atlas back Shell spin-off; Polytechnos, ING back Belgian genomics business; JPMorgan, Merlin lead £8m Piramed round, Gimv leads Elixent second round
- GIMV backs German buyout fund
The Belgian private equity firm has agreed to commit up to E30m to a German mid-market buyout fund being raised by its subsidiary Halder.
- Deal round-up 08/09/03
ISIS invests in Martin Audio; Primary Capital backs Yo! Sushi buyout; Pi Capital backs Burgundy Global; AdAstra, Earlybird invest in Asyntis; 3i leads Intuwave third round
- Deal round-up 21/03/03
Granville Baird backs Amann Druckguss growth; Nomura backs $46m healthcare round; GIMV, Big Bang lead ORMvision round; German pharma company lands E30m series C financing; Banexi joins La Toulousaine MBO
- EAC sells car fleet manager to West PE
West LB’s mid-market buyout operation has acquired UK car fleet manager Velo from European Acquisition Capital, in a negotiated £60m secondary buyout.