Private Equity
3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Ferranti Capital, a Chinese private equity firm, has made its first investment outside China of £5.75m and is raising a fund to be listed on AIM later this year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital has realised its seventh exit of the year through the trade sale of Dennis Eagle, a UK refuse vehicle company, for up to £110 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Symrise, a German flavours and fragrance maker sponsored by the Nordic firm, has raised €1.4bn from an IPO in Frankfurt.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint has completed two deals in five days, selling a Nordic care company to a private equity fund and a pumping business to a global technology corporation.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Dutch firm’s acquisition of the chain’s British division is the latest in a string of restaurants picked up by the private equity industry.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two buyout groups have seen off rival bidders to take a control stake in ProSieben-Sat.1, a German broadcaster, which ultimately they plan to merge with SBS Broadcasting, a European TV rival and portfolio business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
ABN AMRO Capital sells Volution’s cable management unit to fund bolt-on acquisitions for ventilation business
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Bank of Scotland Corporate has made its second deal of the week, funding a £55 million management buyout of a furniture company.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
