Private Equity
Barclays Private Equity has backed the £44 million secondary management buyout of Antler Group, the UK luggage brand, from Royal Bank Equity Finance.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a first exit from its Fund 2, with the £32m sale of the Ster Century cinema chain to a management team backed by Hutton Collins.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US trade organisation for venture capital firms has selected a chairman for the coming year – James Breyer of Silicon Valley venture firm Accel Partners.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CSFB has unveiled a new division focused on investments ranging from private equity to hedge funds that will target $50bn in assets under management over the next five years.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
TDR Capital, the private equity firm set up by former DB Capital executives Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson, has announced a final closing “in excess of” its €500m target.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Warburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners have backed the launch of a $300m energy exploration and production venture in West Africa.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK-based private equity firm has confirmed that it is evaluating a possible offer for ASK, the UK restaurant chain, at a premium to the £168m offer made by City Centre Restaurants last month.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US firm’s real estate group has agreed to pay $1.2bn to acquire a 51-site real estate portfolio in a sale and lease-back agreement with Deutsche Bank.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Advent International’s poultry business, bought from BC Partners in May, has made an add-on acquisition in Belgium as part of Advent’s effort to grow its investment.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Risk capital provider CDC Capital Partners has appointed Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo as its new head of Africa.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
