Private Equity
Henderson Equity Partners’s has agreed a £886.9m takeover of John Laing, a UK developer, while simultaneously holding a €830m close on its latest PFI secondary fund.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
3i, a London-listed private equity firm, is planning a buyout of residential housing company Countrywide, which could be valued at up to £880 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Eliokem, a Paris-based manufacturer of niche specialty chemicals, will be exited to AXA Private Equity.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
RHJ International, Euronext-listed holding company of US buyout firm Ripplewood, has boosted its Asian presence creating a new subsidiary and making new hires.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
ECI Partners has sold luxury holiday provider Kirker Travel in a deal that doubled its investment, netting a 22 per cent IRR over four years.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Despite being launched over 30 years ago, Sophia Antipolis in France doesn’t yet have the high profile of other clusters like Silicon Valley in the US and Cambridge in the UK - but that doesn’t mean it deserves to be written off. By Robert Venes.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira’s UK business portfolio company Hogg Robinson returned to the stock market today with a pricing of 90 pence, well below its original planned pricing of 140 pence to 200 pence.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
DeepStream Technologies, a Welsh embedded sensor company, has raised £8.1m in second-round financing from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and 3i.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The mezzanine and preferred equity investor, founded by two former bankers, has proved its model to investors and raised twice as much as its 2004 debut.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The Nordic firm is extending its European reach as it readies itself for a new fundraising initiative next year.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
