The Chicago buyout behemoth has agreed to buy paper and forest product assets from Boise Cascade, the owner of office supply giant OfficeMax.
The London-based mid-market investors have merged their holdings in the UK nursery sector in preparation for an exit in 2005.
With major backing from two Canadian pensions as well as Switzerland's Partners Group, Robin Doumar, the former head of Goldman Sachs’ European mezzanine business, has launched new mezzanine fund Park Square Capital Partners with €1bn in commitments.
UK leisure and insurance group Saga has announced a management-led buyout sponsored by Charterhouse Development Capital.
The private equity-backed pub operator has sold 141 hotels to leisure group Whitbread, which beat off competition from Apax Partners to secure the deal.
Chemical conglomerate Clariant has agreed to sell German-headquartered AZ Electronic Materials to The Carlyle Group.
In its fourth and final acquisition from its 2003 fund, Legal & General Ventures has acquired UK gym operator Total Fitness for a reported £80m.
With a fresh $4.25 billion pool of capital, a marquee, $3 billion Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer deal in the bag, and a new partner in Europe, media and communications specialist Providence Equity Partners is living up to its name
OPENED & CLOSED FUNDS OPENED IFUND FIRM FUND LAUNCHED TYPE OF FUND GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS NO. FSN Capital II FSN Capital 2 Sep-04 Private equity Scandinavia TCG Financial Partners I TCG Financial Partners 1 Sep-04 Private equity US MPC Global Equity VI MPC Capital 6 Sep-04 Fund of funds Germany Carlyle Leveraged Finance Europe Carlyle Group […]
The Nordic private equity market is something of an enigma. To some limited partners it is an opportunity not to be missed, while others appear cautious. Recent fundraisings suggest GPs have little to worry about – in the short term at least. Andy Thomson reports
pei
pei

Copyright PEI Media

Not for publication, email or dissemination