Private Equity

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The beginning of the world as we know it

Biggest ever buyout could be the start of something even more impressive.

3 min read · 11 January 2013

A man with a message

Andy Thomson catches up with Mads Ryum Larsen, head of the investor relations effort at Industri Kapital.

6 min read · 11 January 2013

Esprit Capital Partners hires Merlin Biosciences founder

Esprit Capital Partners has appointed venture capital firm Peter Keen as partner in the firm’s first big hire since the firm’s creation in the merger of Cazenove Private Equity and Prelude Ventures this summer.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

Gresham closes fifth deal in six weeks

Gresham Private Equity has sold a childcare company for £71 million in its fifth deal in six weeks.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

Industri Kapital sells Gardena for €730m

Industri Kapital has made 2.5 times its investment on the sale of Gardena, a gardening tools manufacturer, for €730 million.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Bollywood capital?

Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht gets specific about the firm’s plans for India—which could include $500 million in investment in real estate on the subcontinent. By Aaron Lovell.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Lyceum sells Clinovia to BUPA for £87.7m

The mid-market firm has netted a healthy profit on its investment in Clinovia, a home healthcare services provider.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

UK private equity breaks record but loses ground

The UK has seen almost £25bn worth of deals in 2006, but is not riding the private equity wave to the same extent as the US or continental Europe.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

MidOcean to aquire Italian restaurant chain Sbarro

The management team of the quick-service Italian food chain, led by restaurant industry veteran Peter Beaudrault, will remain in place following the transaction as the firm undertakes a global expansion of the Sbarro’s franchise.

2 min read · 11 January 2013

Carlyle buys online marketing business to merge with German portfolio company

The Carlyle Group has bought Bigmouthmedia as the online marketing sector approaches a global value of $20 billion.

1 min read · 11 January 2013

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