Private Equity
Saga, the UK leisure group owned by Charterhouse Capital Partners, is considering a £2.5 billion flotation on the London stock market, which could yield a lucrative return on the buyout firm’s initial investment.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
XConnect Global Networks, a service provider to the telecommunications industry, has received $12 million of funding from a venture capital consortium led by Accel Partners and Venrock Associates.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Donald Nelson, former investor relations head of the Boston-based life sciences venture capital firm, has left to form NelCap Advisers, his own placement agency and consulting firm.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Macquarie has hit back at claims that it misled workers over pension schemes at Airwave, a police radio business it has just bought for £2 billion. The Australian bank has blamed the confusion on the vendor, Telefonica subsidiary O2 Europe.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Last week’s €12.8bn bid for tobacco group Altadis was a declaration of intent by French firm PAI to join the mega fund elite. Its latest fundraising will reportedly target up to €7bn.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US buyout firm Apollo Management may follow Blackstone’s lead by listing on the New York Stock Exchange, according to reports.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK government fund of funds manager in developing markets has posted strong results for 2006 while sounding a note of caution as a wall of money heads for new markets.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
EQT and Investor make a quick return on their €4.3 billiion acquisition of medical technology group Gambro, selling Gambro Healthcare to mid-market rival Bridgepoint less than a year after acquisition
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity buyout volume reached $197bn in the first quarter of 2007, while KKR accounted for a staggering 48 percent of that deal activity.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The number of private equity firms needing to seek regulatory approval when buying a company with a deficit in its pension scheme is set to increase following the issuance of new guidance to trustees.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
