Private Equity
European cleantech investments have surpassed €1b, and analysts are predicting that the sector is now ready to mature, moving from component solutions to commercial packages. Dave Keating reports.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK investment trust Mithras has launched a fund-of-funds programme, which will be headed by Tandem Private Equity founder Gillian Brown.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has continued its string of recent exit successes by selling CBR, a German fashion retailer it co-owned with Cinven, to Swedish buyout firm EQT.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fresh from its $39 billion take-private of Equity Office Properties, Blackstone becomes the world’s second largest operator of tourist attractions and theme parks with a £1 billion deal to buy The Tussauds Group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As the storm around UK private equity escalates, the workers’ union is organising a fifth strike at 3i-backed car park operator, while it cedes the strategic direction of its campaign to the TUC, a pan union group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Duke Street Capital has edged ahead of other trade and financial buyers as it tries for a second time to buy Burton’s Foods, a snack maker valued at about £200 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The London-based firm has closed its largest fund so far after receiving commitments of nearly €900 million from a range of US and European investors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bridgepoint Capital is set for a bumper gain when it floats Safestore, the UK’s largest self-storage provider, on the London Stock Exchange next month. It also plans to retain a “significant shareholding”.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Rhino Rugby, the sports equipment maker backed by England’s World Cup-winning rugby captain Martin Johnson, has sold a 6.25 percent stake to Chrysalis VCT.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
HgCapital’s consumer team has completed its deal in three months, buying UK fashion retailer Americana International for £190 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
