Private Equity
As expected, Apollo Management has submitted a £1 billion proposal to buy UK estate agency Countrywide, although some shareholders are likely to be disappointed with the 590p-per-share on offer.
2 min read · 03 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 · 03 January 2013
Nikko Principal Investments has sold UK firm RoadChef to an Israeli real estate group for £375 million. Nikko had owned the motorway service station chain for nearly ten years.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Accel Partners’ Joe Schoendorf says the expansion of VC activity throughout the world has created a 24/7 venture environment in which investors are going after revolutionary advances that could change the world. Dave Keating reports.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
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2 min read · 03 January 2013
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A portfolio company of San Francisco-based Genstar will acquire power transmission maker TB Wood’s.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Sun European Partners, the European arm of Sun Capital Partners, has bought metal manufacturer Manoir Industries for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The New York-based firm has expanded its London and New York teams with additions to the firm’s industrial and global industry groups.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
