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New heights in the lowlandsBuyouts are booming in the Benelux region, with 2006 volumes already breaking records as mega-deals make the headlines. Competition for assets is intense and private equity firms have had to evolve strategically to differentiate themselves from the pack. Joanna Hickey reports.
- Vote now in our 2006 awards
As the final week of voting for our Global Private Equity Awards 2006 begins, the competition is hotting up, with the industry preparing to reward the biggest winners of 2006.
- Bridgepoint closes two deals in five days
Bridgepoint has completed two deals in five days, selling a Nordic care company to a private equity fund and a pumping business to a global technology corporation.
- IK passes concrete maker to LBO France
Industri Kapital has sold on Consolis in a secondary buyout, making three times its money after a buy-and-build in 2005.
- Industri Kapital opens in Paris
The Nordic firm is extending its European reach as it readies itself for a new fundraising initiative next year.
- IK sells remaining Oriflame stake for Skr610.5m
Industri Kapital, a pan-European mid-market firm, has sold its 4.5 percent stake in Sweden’s Oriflame Cosmetics, an investment from its €750m 1997 fund.
- Industri Kapital loses two partners
The European buyout firm is reorganising ahead of its fundraising next year and has decided to cut the number of its deal-doing partners by a quarter.
- Apax heavyweights to launch fund
Toby Wyles, the veteran Apax manager, is returning to the market with a blue-chip spinout of star deal-doers and operators from Apax, BC Partners and Bridgepoint.
- Industri Kapital opens catalogue for €130m
The Swedish private equity firm is buying a northern European electronic components catalogue distributor continuing a flurry of activity for the group.
- Baker yields small gain for IK
After a difficult seven-year holding period, Industri Kapital has sold Continental Bakeries to NPM Capital of the Netherlands to book a single-digit IRR.