ABN AMRO Capital has agreed the secondary buyout of UK automotive refinish manufacturer U-POL from Graphite Capital.
CAM Private Equity has closed its latest fund of funds vehicle more than €100 million above its original target.
The Southern California-focused Riordan, Lewis & Haden has corralled roughly $100m in an interim close for its second fund.
The Carlyle Group is teaming up with Robert L. Johnson, one of the US’ best known black entrepreneurs.
Japanese private equity expert Simon Chadwick has been hired to strengthen the placement agent’s London office.
Norwegian cable operator UPCN is the European buyout firm’s first acquisition from the Candover 2005 fund.
Boston-based Berkshire Partners is the second US private equity group to make a bet on a Canadian retailer in December, investing in women’s apparel company Aritzia.
The buyout firm has made a 178p per share bid for Inventive Leisure, the AIM-listed owner of the UK vodka bar chain.
The European mid-market buyout firm sells French CCTV business UDL for a money multiple of almost 4x.
Prides Capital has led a group of hedge funds to take travel services group Pegasus Solutions private, providing further evidence of the hedge-fund incursion into private equity.