Private Equity
Menlo Park-based tech specialist Francisco Partners acquired CRM and voice application services outfit FrontRange Solutions in a roughly $200m deal.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The European private equity firm has reported realisations of £1.04 billion in the first six months of its financial year, almost double the £603 million realised in the same period of 2004.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Swiss mid-market firm has acquired an 85 percent stake in the 146 year old Benninger Textile Systems.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The buyout firm has made a 178p per share bid for Inventive Leisure, the AIM-listed owner of the UK vodka bar chain.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The listed private equity firm’s full year results show exit realisation proceeds of £1.3bn and a 15.9% total return on shareholder funds totalling £512m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
AXA Private Equity generated an IRR of around 45 percent in the sale of Tokheim to Electra Partners Europe.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Bill Anthony has been charged with finding a home for a legacy portfolio of some 800 small and medium sized companies owned by 3i.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The European mid-market buyout firm sells French CCTV business UDL for a money multiple of almost 4x.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A debate over private equity’s business ethics is raging in Germany after one of the country’s most senior politicians described financial investors as greedy, job-destroying insects.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
