Following the sale of IT services provider Omnetica to UK trade buyer Kingston comes news of KKR’s recommended €260m takeover bid for German recycling company Duales System.
The Connecticut-based healthcare investor has closed its sale of EAS to pharma giant Abbott Laboratories for $320m.
The New York- and Tokyo-based private equity firm has appointed Thomas Stallkamp, the former chairman and CEO of engineering services corporation MSX, will assist Ripplewood in overseeing its growing automotive supply platform.
Deborah Gallegos, who built a private equity programme for the state of New Mexico, has been named chief investment officer of New York City’s $85 billion federation of pension funds.
The Zeus consortium which had agreed to purchase global satellite company Intelsat in a deal expected to be completed next month are considering its position after the failure of one of the company’s satellites.
GS Capital Partners, the principal investment arm of Goldman Sachs, has bought a 16 percent stake in France based satellite operator Eutelsat.
The UK pub group backed by Texas Pacific, Blackstone, CVC and Merrill Lynch has taken advantage of liquid debt markets to fund the UK’s largest recapitalisation of a private equity-owned business.
Marine leisure gear maker Raymarine has listed on the London Stock Exchange with a £126m capitalisation, giving its equity sponsor a 4x partially realised return.
Kendall Court Capital Partners has announced a first closing on $35m for its debut Asian mezzanine fund. The fund has a final target of $75m.
The European venture capital market slowed down slightly in the third quarter of 2004, according to new figures released by Ernst and Young and VentureOne.