Private Equity
The Southern European mid-market investor has acquired its former portfolio company Italmatch Chemicals, having previously realised a 3.3x return and 84 percent IRR from the company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
In its first major transaction since its own buyout from ING Group, Baring Private Equity International’s Asian group has invested $15m in a Chinese electronic educational products group.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The New York firm will exit the amusement vending machine company to Coinstar in a sale that will see a nearly six times return on equity.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Japanese private equity firm Phoenix Capital may acquire as much as 40 percent of ailing carmaker Mitsubishi Motors.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The San Francisco firm strikes a deal with Shenzhen Development Bank, marking China’s first-ever sale to a foreigner of a controlling stake in a state-owned bank.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Montagu Private Equity, the UK-based European private equity firm, has acquired German manufacturer Stabilus from Demag Holding, which is majority-owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Craig Cooper will join the venture capital group as a partner to direct investments in broadband companies with a focus on the wireless sector.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Citigroup Venture Capital has agreed to buy the non-memory division of Hynix Semiconductor after more than a year of negotiations.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to sell 100 percent of the share capital in Trench Electric Holdings to Germany’s Siemens.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic private equity firm, is set to complete its fourth investment with the €275m acquisition of Dynapac, a Swedish paving equipment business.
2 min read · 30 December 2012