Private Equity
Nordic Buyout Firm Segulah has hired a partner who specialises in deal generation and management.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Angus Barker has left UBS to become head of financial sponsors for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK hedge fund group CQS has hired Chris Cooke, a former fundraiser at Lehman Brothers, into a senior marketing role.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Dutch retail giant Royal Ahold has agreed to sell its food distribution company, US Foodservice, to KKR and CD&R for $7.1 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The founders of Index Ventures-backed internet site Last.fm have sold the business to US television network CBS for $280 million. The sale has reportedly generated a $56 million profit for Geneva-based Index Ventures.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Mezzanine Management has led the £120 million refinancing of The Regard Partnership, a residential care group, as the mezzanine specialist continues to focus on more self-sponsored deals.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
British Airways, Europe’s third largest airline, has confirmed that it has approached a number of private equity firms about a possible joint bid for Iberia, the Spanish airline in which it holds a 10 percent stake.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The real estate arm of The Blackstone Group has sold off its Extended Stay Hotels chain to The Lightstone Group for $8 billion.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
European social networking site Netlog has just received its first round of funding from European venture capital firm Index Ventures. Its success in rolling out its model across different geographies illustrates how European venture firms can help local firms become global winners, says James Taylor.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Buyout firms Apax Partners and Duke Street Capital are reported to be making a troubled exit from Focus DIY as Apollo Management is called in for a distressed debt transaction.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
