Private Equity
Bridgepoint, a European mid-market private equity firm, has returned over £200m to shareholders in a week through the refinancings of specialist pet product retailer Pets at Home and self-storage business Safestore.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The UK lower mid-market private equity firm has closed its Gresham 4 fund on £340m. The fund was oversubscribed and hard capped.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A consortium led by the Australian bank has paid $1.6 billion for Pittsburgh utility Duquesne Light Holdings.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A £10m break fee arrangement in Permira and Barclays Capital’s £1bn bid for McCarthy & Stone, a UK homes builder, has led to a higher offer from a consortium including Bank of Scotland and Sir Tom Hunter being rejected.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Following the €10bn plus close of its fourth buyout fund last week, Permira has received acceptances from 52% of shareholders for a €815m takeover bid for Hungarian chemicals business BorsodChem.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Australia’s Catalyst Invesment Managers is backing the management buyout of New Zealand-based glass maker Metro GlassTech
1 min read · 03 January 2013
VCM and Golding Capital Partners, German fund of fund investors, have raised €238m for their second fund of fund investing in US and European mezzanine vehicles.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired a majority stake in Lista B+L, a drawer and shelving company headquartered in Switzerland.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Candover, a London-based private equity firm, has offered 415 pence per share for business mail service DX Services, with plans to merge the company with business-to-consumer mail service Secure Mail Services.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
3i, a global private equity house, has led a $25m investment in expanding a Mongolian restaurant chain known as Little Sheep.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
