Private Equity
Allianz Private Equity Partners has raised an €823 million fund-of-funds, which it will use to invest in buyout and venture funds worldwide.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i-backed AviaPartner has bought cargo-handling company Aero Groundservices from Dutch shareholder VCK Holding. The deal is part of 3i’s growth strategy for the company that it bought in 2005.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has ruled out an imminent bid for supermarket chain Sainsbury, removing a major obstacle to a potential offer from the CVC-led buyout consortium eyeing the company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira and Apax could be set for a substantial return if New Look, the UK clothing retailer, goes ahead with a £2 billion secondary buyout or flotation.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Zurich and Montreal team has bought the venture capital assets of SAM and created a clean technology investment firm: Emerald Technology Ventures.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Leading buyout figures in the UK are divided on the implications a Treasury review of the tax treatment of shareholder loans may have. Some are dismissing it as political show-boating while others see a real threat to returns.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Iceni Capital has closed three deals in one day , buying marketing services company Pell & Bales, and two communications companies that it has merged into one group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The GMB trade union hopes Tom Hicks, Liverpool Football Club’s new owner and former head of Hicks Muse, will have more than European glory on his mind tonight. The union is planning to stage another protest against Hicks during the club’s European cup tie against Barcelona.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK mid-market firm is has started sounding out investors now it is finally free of the shackles of its former German parent.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
UK-based mid-market firm Dunedin Capital Partners has exited two of its portfolio companies in as many weeks, creating money multiples of 4.3 times and 3.6 times.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
