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IK splashes €110m on HansaThe European firm has made its second German investment in as many months, acquiring bathroom and kitchen fittings business Hansa.
- Through the eye of the storm
Lynn Fordham, who took over as chief executive officer of SVG Capital in April last year, is no stranger to complex restructuring jobs. Toby Mitchenall met with her, SVG’s IR head Alice Kain and global head of investments Sam Robinson to discuss the company’s frantic recent past and uncertain future.
- IK buys stake in German homecare provider for €300m
Commerzbank and ING have provided the senior debt package for the secondary buyout of GHD Gesundheits.
- SVG eyes secondaries sales
The listed firm, which has reported strong portfolio company growth in its iterim results, looks likely to sell some ‘early secondary’ fund interests to boost liquidity.
- PAI returns to deal-mode
An exit coupled with a secondary buyout mark a return to ‘business as usual’ for the Paris-based firm, following its dramatic fund downsizing and management reshuffle.
- IK reignites German buy-and-build
Fire safety company Minimax has been merged with Viking Group in the US.
- Advent agrees German all-equity deal
Advent hopes to capitalise on the highly fragmented German debt collection market with the purchase of GFKL Financial Services.
- EQT launches €209m bid for Polish manufacturer
The firm’s Warsaw office is closing in on its debut deal, making it the first EQT investment in Central and Eastern Europe.
- IK signs first deal in 2009
The European firm will purchase trust and asset structuring company Vistra in a "largely" equity deal of undisclosed size, with debt provided by Barclays and the vendors.
- EQT portfolio company defaults
Bathroom-maker Sanitec is renegotiating debts with lenders; its sponsor EQT has offered to inject €100m of equity into the business in return for a €500m reduction in its debt burden. The restructuring of Sanitec is the first visible instance of EQT suffering from the global financial crisis.