Private Equity
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
The venture partnership between Boston’s Thomas H. Lee Partners and Putnam Investments agrees to take private a Filipino business outsourcing company.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK-based European private equity firm has made three new appointments to focus on its core sectors of leisure and support services.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Accent Equity Partners, the Nordic mid-market private equity firm, has delivered a 30 percent IRR from the sale of Swedish software company Tribon Solutions to the UK’s Aveva Group for £19m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has sold a subsidiary of portfolio company Acordis to Lenzing, the Austrian fibre maker CVC tried unsuccessfully to merge with Acordis in 2001.
2 min read · 30 December 2012