Private Equity
The four-group shortlist for acquiring BBC Broadcast contains three private equity firms including Apax Partners, the group that employs former BBC director general Greg Dyke as an advisor.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The global private equity firm has acquired Cameca, a French semiconductor and scientific instrument manufacturer whose products are used by NASA to examine extra-terrestrial “stardust” particles.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The value of buyouts during the first three quarters of this year already exceeds the total for the whole of 2004.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A private equity consortium led by Macquarie Capital has acquired pan-European directories group Yellow Brick Road, delivering a 110% IRR for owners 3i and Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CAM Private Equity has closed its latest fund of funds vehicle more than €100 million above its original target.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The firm has refinanced its investment in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company by granting an option to Novator Holdings.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed private equity firm has held a final close on its fifth fund, ahead of its €375 million target.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Swiss pharmaceutical company Norvatis has sold a dietary and slimming products business to ABN AMRO Capital for €220m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Wendel Investissement and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts-owned electrical retailer is expected to carry out one of France’s largest flotations of recent times.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
After a delay, the industry standards group has issued suggested guidelines for reporting fund-level performance, but has backed off requiring disclosure of portfolio company information to LPs.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
