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EQT exits Com HemThe Nordic buyout firm has sold the Swedish television, internet and telephone company Com Hem to the The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.
- Global PE deals near $500bn mark
Private equity-backed M&A increased markedly in 2005 with Europe seeing the lion’s share of deal volume.
- Energy Investors closes on $750m
As more and more generalist firms target its space, San Francisco’s Energy Investors Funds strengthened its toehold in the power sector, closing on $750 million for its latest fund.
- Carlyle appoints Italy MD
The global private equity firm has appointed a telecoms specialist as the new head of its Italian buyout activities.
- KKR buys $1bn Italian auto parts maker
Global mid-market private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners has sold Italy’s FL Selenia just two years after acquiring the auto parts firm from Doughty Hanson.
- PE group falls short of 90% TDC target
Private equity consortium NTC has become the controlling shareholder in the Danish telecom business but still faces resistance in its efforts to de-list the company.
- Hertz buyout completed
Clayton Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch have completed their buyout of rental car giant Hertz.
- Blackstone nabs “superstar” from CVC
The private equity firm has hired Chip Schorr, a nine-year veteran of CVC Equity Partners and a “superstar in his field”, to oversee all of the firm’s technology related investments.
- Deloitte appoints PwC PE expert
Chris Hyams has joined the private equity transaction services group at Deloitte from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Paris office.
- EQT wins bid for DaimlerChrysler subsidiaries
The Northern European private equity firm will acquire German engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen and portions of Detroit Diesel in a €1.6 billion deal.