Private Equity
A study of the corporation tax bills of the ten biggest private equity backed firms in the UK has revealed that, between them, they actually depleted the Treasury’s coffers last year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has made its fourth investment in Denmark with the acquisition of health and beauty retail chain Matas.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
CDC Group, the UK government-backed fund of funds, has made a $20 million commitment to Lombard Asia III, an expansion capital fund that will focus on South Asia and Greater China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
A portfolio company of San Francisco-based Genstar will acquire power transmission maker TB Wood’s.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European equity powerhouse has recruited a full team of ex-bankers to support the launch of Peter Combe’s lending unit.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Sun European Partners, the European arm of Sun Capital Partners, has bought metal manufacturer Manoir Industries for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Nikko Principal Investments has sold UK firm RoadChef to an Israeli real estate group for £375 million. Nikko had owned the motorway service station chain for nearly ten years.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The New York-based firm will buy Los Angeles-based Smart & Final in a deal worth nearly $813m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Shares in building supplies group Wolseley rose as much as 8 percent this morning following reports that buyout firm Cinven is preparing a bid for the company, but Wolseley has denied receiving any approach.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has completed its second lucrative exit in two weeks after selling TIM Hellas, the Greek mobile operator it co-owned with Texas Pacific Group, to Egyptian telecoms entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
