Private Equity
Bruno Deschamps is leaving US buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to lead 3i’s French team, underlining the FTSE100 company’s international ambition.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Tea company Finlays has bought horticultural business Flamingo, providing an exit for minority shareholders Actis and Helios Investment Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
New York-based Charterhouse Group will sell waste management logistics company Oakleaf Global to New Mountain Capital for $655 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Turnaround specialist Kelso Place has raised nearly £50 million by floating a 25 percent stake in Sepura, a UK radio maker it bought out of administration for £1 five years ago.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European Central Bank has injected almost €95 billion into the money markets in an attempt to boost liquidity, amid growing fears of a credit crunch.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Financial sponsors’ dealmaking fell dramatically last month as the problems in the debt markets dramatically curtailed the buyout boom. Buyout firms represented only 7 percent of overall mergers and acquisitions volume in August.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has reportedly been forced to postpone its bid for UK media business Emap while it struggles to find a bank prepared to underwrite the bid.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is making its first ever foray into institutional private equity, raising a $400 million Virgin Green fund to invest in renewable energy opportunities.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fleming Family & Partners, a UK asset manager, has bought a majority stake in UK home retail business OKA for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Draper Fisher Jurvetson marks the latest stage in its global expansion setting its sights on Europe again, after its flawed attempt in 2000, this time through a stake in Esprit Capital Partners.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
