Mega buyouts have helped push the value of MBOs that took place in the UK during 2005 to almost £25 billion.
The French private equity firm has been successful in its second bid for the French women’s clothing retailer.
Dubai-based Istithmar reportedly beat off competition from Carlyle, Exponent and 3i to purchase the shipping services firm for $285 million.
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has emerged the victor over hedge funds Newcastle Partners and Steel Partners in a bidding war for Fox & Hound Restaurant group, a chain of pubs.
Spanish food company SOS Cuétara has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire Carapelli Firenze from a group of Italian private equity investors.
The Northern European private equity firm will acquire German engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen and portions of Detroit Diesel in a €1.6 billion deal.
ING has agreed to sell Steadfast Capital’s €305 million fund to a consortium of private equity investors, but the Dutch insurance company still intends to invest in the Frankfurt-based private equity firm’s next fund.
Morgan Stanley and the World Bank have taken a 14 percent stake in publicly traded Anhui Conch Cement, mainland China’s largest cement company, for approximately $215m.
A group of private equity insiders is bringing – at last – an inter-island ferry service to Hawaii.
Ladbrokes, the bookmaker division of Hilton Group in the UK, has received indications of interest from private equity firms for a buyout that could be worth £3.5bn (€5.1 bn; $6bn).