Private Equity
UK-based mid-market firm Stirling Square Capital Partners and US-based Diamond Castle have acquired an international highway safety solutions business for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Montagu Private Equity has sealed a lucrative exit from Cory Environmental, a waste management company, after selling the business to a group of infrastructure investors.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-listed private equity firm 3i is among potential bidders for UK-based estate agency Foxtons, according to a source familiar with the situation. The interest comes three weeks after 3i’s failed Countrywide bid.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Blackstone may look to sell or float Travelport, a holiday company it bought for £2.3 billion just eight months ago.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital has bought Dutch manufacturer Vetus Den Ouden and a stake in Dutch media company Sdu on the same day. The investments are the firm’s second and third domestic deals of 2007.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based alternative assets manager, has sold APCOA, a car park operator, to Eurazeo, the French investment group in its first deal outside of France.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
George Osborne, MP for Tatton and the Conservative party’s would-be Chancellor, has stepped up to back UK private equity, provided it becomes more transparent, takes its wider social responsibilities seriously and invests more in venture.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Mezzanine Management, Europe’s oldest independent mezzanine investor, has sold XServ, a US provider of maintenance services to chemical and industrial facilities, to Texan trade buyer The Brock Group.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Qatar’s state investment fund is looking to build its own strategic stake in Sainsbury’s, and is not in talks with Marks & Spencer for a joint bid, as was reported at the weekend.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The joint venture between Venturion Capital and former Marsh & McLennan chief Jeffrey Greenberg has closed its first fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
