Private Equity
Lion Capital, the former European arm of HM Capital Partners, has paid between $280m and $320m for Kettle Foods, a maker of snacks and ‘healthy’ food brands in the US and UK.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The automobile maker is considering a going-private transaction, according to a report in USA Today, citing a ‘source with direct knowledge of the discussions’.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Ion Equity, a UK private equity and corporate advisory firm, has invested £41.5m in the management buyout of Inside Communications, with debt provided by Anglo Irish Bank.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Freeman Spogli have announced a major investment in TH Lee Putnam Ventures’ call-center portfolio company N.E.W. Customer Service.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Lisa Edgar, who just joined the firm in 2003, will join the management of Paul Capital Top Tier Investments’ fund of funds offerings.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Christoph Kaserer from TUM Business School and Munich University of Technology discusses deficiencies in the corporate governance model in Germany and how foreign private equity investors can help make a change.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
The former buyout arm of Dutch Rabobank has closed its first fund since spinning out of the bank on target after one year’s fundraising.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Permira is reportedly selling its budget hotel chain Travelodge for approximately £650m, with Dubai International Capital likely to win the race after entering into exclusive talks with the European buyout firm.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Hermes Private Equity has followed buyout firms Permira, Cinven and BC Partners into the European gaming, or gambling, sector. Robert Venes reports.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint has made more than twice its money in the £86m secondary buyout of NES, a specialist recruitment firm, to Graphite Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
