Private Equity
The San Francisco Asia-Pacific specialist has submitted a ‘surprise’ $790m bid for Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group, the largest operator of pubs Down Under.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Following a transatlantic merger in 2002, Boston’s Audax Group has agreed to sell its vacuum pump platform Nash Elmo to publicly traded Gardner Denver for $223.5m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity firm Actis has supported the buyout of Malaysia’s Unza Holdings – its first deal in South Asia since de-merging from CDC Capital Partners earlier in the year.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
General Atlantic Partners, the Connecticut-based private equity firm, has awarded partnerships to Vince Feng and Abhay Havaldar in Hong Kong and India respectively.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Chemical conglomerate Clariant has agreed to sell German-headquartered AZ Electronic Materials to The Carlyle Group.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
New York firms Lion Chemical Capital and ACI Capital have agreed to buy the elastomers and performance additives business from PolyOne.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
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
