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Graphite targets bricks and mortarMid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital has backed the start-up of a London property development business with £100m.
- CIC offers €800m get-out for Apax LPs
In an unusual proposition, the Chinese sovereign wealth fund is offering liquidity to LPs in the €11.2bn Apax Europe VII.
- Daiwa division to pay £75m for Close Brothers Corporate Finance
The acquisition of Close Brothers Corporate Finance by the European subsidiary of Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities SMBC will give the bank access to and presence in European markets.
- Graphite embarks on timber buy-and-build
UK private equity firm Graphite Capital has again backed the team which helped it receive 6 times its investment on LS Group in 2005 by acquiring a timber window maker called Performance Window Group. The firm hopes to use the investment to fund future add-ons within the building materials sector.
- Graphite backs care home team for third time
The UK mid-market firm has reunited with the management team behind Optimum Care and Avery Healthcare to develop a new care home company.
- Stirling Square and Sirius buy Italian clothing company
The two firms plan to expand Jeckerson in Italy and internationally backing the company’s management with an increase in marketing and advertising budgets.
- Graphite exits medical device company
The UK mid-market firm has made a three times return in six and a half years, selling Summit Medical to The Riverside Company, after a refinancing in 2005.
- Graphite recruits fund of funds veteran
The mid-market buyout firm and fund of funds has recruited Dana Haimoff from JPMorgan as a partner, as Graphite’s listed investment trust trades at a discount on the public markets despite 14.3 percent net asset value gains in 2007.
- Graphite Enterprise Trust sells Huntress to Nomura-backed team(4)
Secondary sale nets healthy return for the quoted buyout trust. Graphite backed the recruitment business from start-up to a network of 17 offices.
- Graphite Enterprise Trust sells Huntress to Nomura-backed team(3)
Secondary sale nets healthy return for the quoted buyout trust. Graphite backed the recruitment business from start-up to a network of 17 offices.