Private Equity

Western Europe

Candover loses another investment, delays fund decision

As stakeholders discuss what to do with the firm’s suspended €3bn 2008 fund, Candover has lost control of laboratory business ALcontrol to GSO Capital.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

KKR hires ex-Vodafone CEO as senior advisor

Arun Sarin, former chief of Accel-KKR Telecom, has returned to work for the publicly traded asset management firm.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Liquid Realty invests $60m in UK secondaries deal

The seller of the interest has not been named, though Liquid Realty said the fund manager focuses on core office properties in the West End of London.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CHAMP, Castle Harlan seal A$757m malt business exit

United Malt Holdings will be bought by listed Australian grain handler GrainCorp.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

London pension mulls more private equity investments

The £3.2bn London Pension Fund Authority is looking to redeploy part of its cash pile in investments in private equity and infrastructure.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Montagu buys airfield lighting business from Siemens

The European private equity firm paid an undisclosed amount for the business, which has serviced more than 2,000 airports since it was formed in 1947.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Report: Blackstone, Warburg to strike it rich

The reported $4bn sale of Kosmos Energy to ExxonMobil comes as institutional investors show increasing appetite for natural resources.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

GPs head for the exit

A bubbly stock market has generated a clutch of potential IPOs, but the window will not be open forever.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Leopard Capital expands team, re-opens fund

The Asian frontier markets-focused firm has made two additions to its team and resumed fundraising for the Leopard Cambodia Fund, which originally closed on $27m in April.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

UK buyout market dips to 25-year low

Only 31 deals were done in the third quarter, a level not seen since 1984. Meanwhile, the number of businesses being acquired out of receivership is the highest since 2001.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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