Private Equity
UK-based Coller Capital has closed a $4.5 billion secondaries fund, the biggest ever raised. The fund was nonetheless substantially over-subscribed.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity affiliate of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, has bought a majority stake in UK office supplies distributor OyezStraker Group from Hermes Private Equity for £41.2 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US media and communications specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson has bought Amstar Entertainment for its platform company Southern Theatres as the group focuses on multiple acquisitions to build value.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Venture capital firm Octopus Investments invests £5 million in a novelty sweet manufacturer.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Defense-focused private equity firm JF Lehman is set to acquire BAE Systems’ Inertial Products business for $140 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Capman has sold service management company Synerco to trade buyer Addici Holding.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax France, the French affiliate of Apax Partners, has sold Parkeon to Barclays Private Equity after making the business profitable and expanding into the US.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US media and communications specialist Veronis Suhler Stevenson is buying a minority stake in Zed, a leading Spanish mobile content provider valued at about €400 million. It is the firm’s first investment in the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Angus Barker has left UBS to become head of financial sponsors for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing out in the battle for Sainsbury’s by turning its attentions to Altadis, a Spanish tobacco company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
