Private Equity
European buyout firm Permira has upped its stake in Valentino to 60.2 percent, as it seeks to buy out the Italian fashion brand.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
A vote on executive pay at FTSE 100-listed communications company Cable & Wireless is set to remove a £20 million cap on the pay of the heads of its UK and international businesses and provide a substantial incentive package for chairman Richard Lapthorne.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK newspaper company Trinity Mirror has reportedly entered exclusive negotiations for the sale of its Midlands titles to Exponent Private Equity and Barclays Private Equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Almost 100 percent of some of the most important buyout players have said they believe the bull run and current levels of lending will continue for the next half year. The Centre for Management Buyout Research also revealed the deal volume for the first half in the UK nearly equalled the entire record year of 2006.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
AlpInvest Partners has sold Belgian chemical producer Taminco to CVC Capital Partners for €800 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm has bought Design Objectives, a UK paper crafts supplier, from an unnamed group of entrepreneurs to capitalise on the boom in home-made cards and scrapbooks.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment arm of the semiconductor giant has gained footholds in a variety of mobile TV technologies around the world, and it’s betting that they can combine to make a solution that will become ubiquitous in just a few years. Dave Keating reports.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Illustrious fund manager Anthony Bolton of Fidelity has voiced concerns that the private equity industry has reached the end of its cycle. He also complained buyout firms are poaching talent from the public markets.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Almost 100 percent of some of the most important buyout players have said they believe the bull run and current levels of lending will continue for the next half year. The Centre for Management Buyout Research also revealed the deal volume for the first half in the UK nearly equalled the entire record year of 2006.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK firm has retained an interest in Tank and Rast Holding rather than selling it outright, after striking a deal to sell 50 percent to the infrastructure division of Deutsche Bank for a reported €1.2 billion.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
