Private Equity
The Carlyle Group is selling its remaining 10.3 percent stake in UK defence group QinetiQ, bringing to an end a successful, if controversial, investment.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two buyout firms are creating one of Europe’s largest waste management companies offering everything from collection and treatment of waste to recycling and consultancy.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Kennet Partners, a private equity firm, has sold a risk management business to IBM in its third exit in 2006.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i has added its 25th healthcare business to its portfolio after closing a financing round for Glucon, a US medical technology company.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i has launched a new growth capital team in the US, as it looks to repeat its European success in the competitive mid-market space.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
New Jersey-based firm GSC Group has closed its third control-oriented fund on $530m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Gresham, a London-based private equity firm, has recruited a new investment director and a new research & origination manager for its investment team.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firm General Atlantic has added a fifteenth services company to its portfolio after buying a $66m minority stake in an outsourcing provider.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Investcorp has made its first investment in the energy sector with the $311 million acquisition of an inspection services company from Close Brothers.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Three buyout heavyweights CVC, KKR and Blackstone are mulling a bid for the UK-listed grocer on the advice of Goldman Sachs, which would join in, if an offer goes ahead.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
