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Swedish insurance group sells €1.5bn portfolioTwo buyers – Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Australia’s QIC – acquired the majority of the portfolio that included funds from managers like Apax, Advent, BC Partners and Bain Capital.
- AXA to sell industrial group
The Paris-based firm is to sell its stake to LBO France for an undisclosed sum.
- A man with a message
Andy Thomson catches up with Mads Ryum Larsen, head of the investor relations effort at Industri Kapital.
- Industri Kapital sells Gardena for €730m
Industri Kapital has made 2.5 times its investment on the sale of Gardena, a gardening tools manufacturer, for €730 million.
- IK and Bridges make partner promotions
IK Investment Partners has promoted two of its younger executives to partner in recognition of their contribution to the firm’s success, while UK firm Bridges Ventures has also raised three of its team to partnership.
- Nordic quartet outperforms
Four of the Nordic region’s most prominent private equity groups have delivered an average IRR of 18% since 1993 and significantly outperformed the public markets, according to new research produced in partnership with the SVCA.
- OMERS bets on US dental services
OMERS Private Equity has purchased Michigan-based Great Expressions Dental Centers, a ‘recession resistant’ business, according to the Toronto-based pension.
- IK nears third exit with Etanco sale to 3i
IK Investment Partners is poised to sell French building materials company Etanco to 3i Group, set to be the buyout firm's third exit following this week's sale of Idex and last month's disposal of Magotteaux.
- IK strikes gold with 6x Magotteaux exit
IK Investment Partners has booked a substantial return after selling Magotteaux, which refines mined materials into small pieces, for €550m after four years of reshaping the business.
- IK engineers Dutch deal
IK has made its fourth investment this year, acquiring a majority stake in engineering group Doedijns International, a transaction which takes its last fund past the two thirds deployed mark.