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  • A reluctant hero
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Damon Buffini is PEO's European Private Equity Personality of 2003, ahead of Guy Hands and Harald Mix.

  • Industri Kapital sells further stake in Alfa
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Industri Kapital has taken another step in its piecemeal exit from Alfa Laval, the fluid control systems manufacturer listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

  • Industri Kapital completes Nobia exit
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The private equity house has sold its remaining 25 percent stake in Stockholm-listed kitchen manufacturer Nobia, achieving a money multiple of nearly 8 times according to market sources.

  • Nordic funds raise record amount
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    A number of high-profile fundraisings saw private equity and venture capital firms raise €4.5bn last year, higher than the €4.2bn raised at the height of the technology boom.

  • EQT’s Dometic to revive Swedish IPOs
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    EQT portfolio company Dometic is set to overcome the 18-month IPO drought in Sweden with a listing worth up to Skr7.4bn (E823m) next month.

  • IPO setback for EQT
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Swedish refrigeration business Dometic has shelved plans for what would have been Sweden’s first IPO for eighteen months because of weaker-than-expected demand for the offering.

  • Bridgepoint exits Gower after 15 years
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Bridgepoint Capital has sold the UK self-assembly kitchen supplier for £62m, fifteen years after Bridgepoint backed an initial £3.7m MBI of the business.

  • ABN AMRO Capital buys GGP for E555m
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    ABN AMRO Capital has acquired Global Garden Products, Europe’s largest maker and distributor of lawn mowers and powered garden equipment, from UBS Private Equity for E555m.

  • IK achieves lucrative double
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Industri Kapital has completed two partial realisations from investments in Alfa Laval and Nobia, generating combined proceeds of E160m.

  • Altor Equity completes double
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Scandinavian buyout firm Altor Equity Partners has made two investments from its debut fund, which closed on E650m earlier in the year.