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  • Investcorp buys gift co from BC Partners for €440m
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.

  • Avecia sale clears pension deficit
    Andy Thomson- 30 December 2012

    Buyout firms Cinven and Investcorp appear to have arrived at a novel way of funding a portfolio company’s pension shortfall – selling one of its subsidiaries.

  • 3i closes Birmingham office
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The London-based international private equity firm has closed its main office in Birmingham, the UK’s second-largest city, from where it had targeted deals in the West Midlands region.

  • Reports: Bain leads bid for Aussie baker
    Ken MacFadyen- 30 December 2012

    Bain Capital reaffirmed its interest in Australia with an A$3.6 billion ($2.6bn) offer to acquire Goodman Fielder. The Boston firm is reportedly engaged in a joint bid with Pacific Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.

  • Investcorp, Charlesbank swap tires for $700m
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The global investment firm has acquired American Tire Distributors, a portfolio company of Boston private equity sponsor Charlesbank Capital, in a deal valued at approximately $700m.

  • Blackstone builds B2B media platform
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The New York private equity firm has established a new platform with publishing veteran Robert Krakoff to invest in business-to-business communications and media companies.

  • Harvest to exit rollup for $124m
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The New York private equity firm will sell a vintage 1996 platform company after seven add-on acquisitions.

  • Investcorp trashed in New Jersey
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Apparently alarmed by claims made in a 2002 conspiracy-theory book, the acting governor of New Jersey has asked counter-terrorism officials 'take a careful look' at Investcorp, a Bahrain-based private equity firm that is attempting to buy a New Jersey was

  • Blackstone builds B2B media platform
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The New York private equity firm has established a new platform with publishing veteran Robert Krakoff to invest in business-to-business communications and media companies.

  • Blackstone buys German glassware maker
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The US private equity firm has acquired Gerresheimer Glas in a secondary buyout from JP Morgan Partners and Investcorp for an undisclosed sum.