Private Equity
The European mega fund has bought a stake in Britvic, a UK soft drinks company, to convince its board to come to the table. The tactic might help end a run of high-profile public-to-private reversals.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Blackstone, KKR and Terra Firma are set to raise fund vehicles totalling nearly $50 billion in the coming weeks.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Change Capital Partners has become the controlling shareholder in a company formed from the merger of four Spanish electrical goods retailers in its second deal in a week, and may raise its second fund in 2007.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
As the final week of voting for our Global Private Equity Awards 2006 begins, the competition is hotting up, with the industry preparing to reward the biggest winners of 2006.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Venture capital firm Esprit Capital Partners has acquired a Canadian drug company to merge with its existing portfolio business Kiadis Pharma.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira’s takeover bid for EMI has been rejected, sending shares in the group up 3.25p to 271p today.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Henderson Equity Partners closes its second PFI fund on €859m, 18 months after closing its first PFI fund.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The European mega fund has bought a stake in Britvic, a UK soft drinks company, to convince its board to come to the table. The tactic might help end a run of high-profile public-to-private reversals.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Hermes Private Equity has completed its second deal in two days with the acquisition of a residential care provider for adults with learning disabilities for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
International Paper has also agreed to sell a separate unit to Australian forest products company Carter Holt Harvey, bringing the total value of the company’s many spinouts to approximately $11bn.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
