Private Equity

Western Europe

GS Capital, Onex in $3.3bn Raytheon spinout

The two private equity firms will acquire Raytheon Aircraft, which makes small planes and midsized corporate jets.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Permira hires former Lehman banker to challenge CVC

The two European buyout groups are both expanding into multi-asset managers with the launch of Permira’s debt team under Peter Combe, a former Lehman Brothers banker, according to a report.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

Ratos in seventh deal this month

Ratos will buy two family-owned chair manufacturers, for an undisclosed amount, in its seventh transaction this month.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

TIM Hellas offers buyout firms second pay-out

Texas Pacific Group and Apax Partners are reportedly refinancing the Greek mobile company for a second time to take a dividend payment, which will take proceeds to more than twice the firm’s original investment.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Duke Street sells Lil-lets to Electra

Electra Private Equity, the revamped UK-listed trust, marks its return to full-scale investing in an £80m buyout of femine hygiene company Lil-lets.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

EMI in bid talks

EMI is in early stage talks with private equity houses, underlining private equity’s interest in the media and entertainment sectors.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

Langholm increases company’s value by £400m in two years

Langholm Capital has completed its initial public offering of Just Retirement, increasing the value of the company by almost £400 million in two years.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Buyouts increase tenfold in five years

Aggressive private equity houses have bolstered the volume of mergers and acquisitions in 2006 to a record high.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

CapMan buys engineering company

Nordic private equity investor CapMan has made its third investment from its €440 million buyout fund in a mechanical sub-assemblies supplier.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Intermediate Capital closes fund at €650m

Intermediate Capital Group has held the first closing of its new fund at €650 million, while a six-month interim report shows record gains on investments of £93.3 million.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

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