Private Equity
French firm Truffle Venture has added a second telecoms-focused company to its portfolio with the acquisition of MoMac, a mobile phone content business.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK retailers that rejected private equity advances in 2006 have failed to flourish on the public market.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
In the week it emerged that UK retailer Sainsbury’s is the latest high-profile public company being targeted by private equity, new research shows that a record number of take-private deals were the biggest single source of the industry’s growth in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Gresham, a London-based private equity firm, has recruited a new investment director and a new research & origination manager for its investment team.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
UK firm Electra Private Equity is putting its safety equipment manufacturer up for sale for £500m and is thought to have attracted interest from private equity group Advent International and safety equipment companies Aearo and Norcross Safety.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Swiss investment manager LGT Capital Partners has closed a €609m fund of funds, which will target the European mid-market.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity firm General Atlantic has added a fifteenth services company to its portfolio after buying a $66m minority stake in an outsourcing provider.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital sells Volution’s cable management unit to fund bolt-on acquisitions for ventilation business
1 min read · 04 January 2013
E-Synergy launched its new ECF fund last night from atop the Tower Bridge, at the same time announcing its first investment in a company with a unique partnership with a Ukrainian university. Dave Keating reports.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
German buyout firm Deutsche Beteiligungs has bought a 75% stake in Austria-based MCE, an industrial services company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
