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EQT buys triple play cable companyThe Nordic buyout firm has reportedly paid €1.3 billion to acquire German television, broadband and telephony provider Kabel BW from Blackstone and Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec.
- Banking fees from private equity 19% down
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners led the financial sponsors’ global rankings for banking fee revenue in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 5.2 percent of market share.
- Gearing up for rejection
Private equity firms are having trouble spending the record sums being raised, especially when it comes to European public-to-privates. Robert Venes reports.
- Liberty Global sells third European arm to private equity
Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners have agreed to acquire UPC Sweden, following the recent sales of UPC Norway and UPC France to Candover and Cinven respectively.
- Providence to take control of KDG
Providence Equity Partners has reportedly completed its third European telecoms deal in a fortnight, buying its co-owners’ stakes in the German cable TV operator.
- CVC linked with deals worth €18bn
The European private equity firm is targeting the possible buyouts of Royal Dutch/Shell’s LPG unit and Ruhrgas Industries – taking the total value of deals the firm is currently linked with to about €18bn.
- Amadeus has Merritt
Former DB Capital Ventures and Providence Partners executive Roy Merritt has joined Amadeus Capital, the firm co-founded by his former Apax colleague Anne Glover.
- Lehman backs music roll-up
Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking has backed the launch of EverGreen Copyright Acquisitions, a music catalog roll-up.
- TDC board recommends Apax and KKR-led bid
If accepted by the Danish telecoms company’s shareholders, the €10 billion deal would be the largest private equity buyout yet seen in the Nordic region.
- EQT exits Com Hem
The Nordic buyout firm has sold the Swedish television, internet and telephone company Com Hem to the The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.