Private Equity
The global private equity firm has had a 500 pence per ordinary share offer accepted by the board of Mayborn, owners of the Tommee Tippee baby products and Dylon household dyes brands.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
US-based investor Hellman & Friedman has paid an undisclosed sum to buy UK fund manager Gartmore Investment Management alongside the company’s senior fund management and executive team.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Athens-based Bluehouse Property Advisors is planning a second fund with a diversified strategy focused on unmet demand in the real estate markets of the soon-to-be-accessioned countries of Southeastern Europe. By Aaron Lovell.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
Alan Lovell, who announced his departure from Jarvis today, is reportedly joining Guy Hands’ private equity firm to help take a waste management business to a sale or listing.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Associated British Ports, which opened its books to a Goldman Sachs-led consortium this week, has sold its US ports division to Lincolnshire Management.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Thomas H. Lee Partners, the Boston private equity firm that suffered a significant loss on its investment in broker Refco, has won as much as $100m in a settlement with an Austrian bank.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
London-based Blenheim Advisors, an advisor on debt packages for financings and refinancings, has made two appointments to meet greater demand for service from private equity firms.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
London-based investor Bridgepoint has purchased a 70 percent stake in Italian perfumery Limoni for a reported €470m.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two private equity firms are reportedly considering forming a consortium to make a £1bn bid for Unilever’s frozen foods business, which includes brands such as Birds Eye and Iglo.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The private equity vehicle of Serge Weinberg, former chairman of Pinault Printemps Redoute, has acquired a 70 percent stake in a Paris-based pharmaceuticals business.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
