Private Equity
The firm will combine the two companies—Backyard Adventures and Leisure Time Products—into one: Backyard Leisure.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The world’s largest home improvement retailer is evaluating a sale, spin-off, or initial public offering of its $12bn revenue wholesale distribution business, HD Supply.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
James Matthews will become the co-head of the publicly traded firm’s private equity business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Mid Europa Partners has made two exits with a total value of €620m, including the exit of an Estonian railway that was bolstered by rebuilt US locomotives.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Washington, DC-based firm joins a wave of several other firms investing in the restaurant industry with the purchase of Peter Piper, a pizza chain popular with Hispanics consumers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The company’s private equity division has led a consortium in buying Compania Providencia Industria e Comercio for $432.6m, making it one of the largest Brazilian deals of late.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has promoted eight professionals to managing director in its US offices in a bout of global appointments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Two ex-Citigroup executives are raising a $1 billion fund to develop financial services businesses in emerging markets.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed its first deal, paying an undisclosed sum for two Latin American consumer finance businesses.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Aureos has invested $5m in a Panama aluminium company, as the expansion of the Panama Canal continues to drive growth in the country’s construction sector.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
