Private Equity
Marketing company Loewy, the recipient of $24 million of growth capital from buyout firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson, has bolted on two acquisitions this week.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
DSM Investments has won the battle to buy the 62-store Japanese operation of UK-listed music and books retailer HMV Group, which decided to sell the division following a strategic review.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm has sold Swiss private healthcare group Hirslanden after five years, as another South African hospital group looks abroad for expansion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Triple-digit returns have helped the Sao Paulo-based firm reach a first close on what is for now Latin America’s largest private equity fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Anil Thadani, a pioneer in Asian private equity, has listed Symphony International, a pan-Asian private equity firm headquartered in Singapore, on the London Stock Exchange. Trading of the shares will commence tomorrow.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The French listed buyout firm is in pole position to win the auction for Elis, a French textile business, after revealing that it has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the business from rival PAI Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The US law firm has recruited a new partner for its London office as it seeks to expand its European fund formation practice.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
New York- and San Francisco-based Behrman Capital has sold WIL Research Laboratories for $500 million, earning a 3.6x return.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK-listed Candover Investments and Electra Private Equity, and San Francisco-based Lombard Investments have sold their stakes in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation to rival Canadian Pacific after 20 years, although the firms may receive a further return in 18 years time.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm is exiting its Dutch packaging business in a secondary sale to One Equity Partners.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
