VNU shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management has reiterated its opposition to an offer from private equity consortium Valcon and has encouraged other shareholders to reject the bid in an AGM later this month.
Risk Capital Partners, which has sold UK bingo operator Mayfair Gaming to Hermes Private Equity, is understood to be considering launching a debut third-party fund.
In the latest of a flurry of financial software services acquisitions, TA Associates has completed a $200 million buyout of Global 360.
General Motors has agreed to sell a 51 percent stake in its General Motors Acceptance Corp to private investment groups affiliated with Cerberus and Citigroup in a $14 billion deal that is designed, in part, to help restore the financing unit’s credit rating.
New York-based KPS Special Situations has agreed to sell Ashcroft Holdings, unloading the company to Tokyo’s Nagano Keiki in a deal that will yield a 2x equity return.
Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer has agreed to buy Intermex Wire Transfer, gaining exposure to the remittance space as the US government mulls possible “guest worker” legislation.
The French arm of ABN AMRO Capital and Paris-based Astorg Partners have supported the €210m management buyout of roofing and packaging business OFIC Group.
A private equity consortium co-led by Vestar Capital Europe and Ergon Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Italian glass insulator manufacturer Seves Group.
The London-based private equity firm has made its second investment from its Montagu III fund with the £182m acquisition of UK finance software provider Misys General Insurance.
Angelo Gordon and MTN Capital Partners have teamed up with former Duane Reade head Bruce Weitz to take over Marks & Spencer’s US grocer Kings Supermarkets in a $61.5m deal.