Private Equity
Halliburton is mulling a counterbid as Expro’s share price jumped well above Candover’s £1.75bn agreed offer.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK bank has ruled out financial sponsors as bid candidates for its sale of insurance assets such as Direct Line and Churchill. The bank is thought to be worried about buyout firms’ ability to finance such a bid.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Canadian pension has been hit by turbulence in the public equities and REIT markets, but its alternatives fared well in 2007, with infrastructure leading the way.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity-backed media company has recruited Ynon Kreiz, who left Balderton Capital, a European venture firm, last year. Endemol’s banks are reportedly selling their €2.6bn loans at nearly a 20 percent discount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The group had substantial rises in reported sales at Europcar, a car rental company and at ANF, a real estate company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG and New Mountain Capital have joined an investment in Tygris Commercial Finance Group, which in turn has agreed to acquire a DLJ Merchant Banking-backed equipment finance company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The US state has revealed a major funding gap in key infrastructure projects, if it is to keep pace with growing population over the next 25 years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate is the latest firm to join the recent swathe of property investors in Europe setting up a debt fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The firms will pay C$2.90 per share for Gemcom Software International, a Canadian developer of software solutions for the mining industry.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Ronan Agnew, formerly the co-head of Credit Suisse’s financial sponsors coverage for Europe, is moving to Hong Kong.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
