Private Equity
AXA Private Equity and the German LBO fund Triton have sold pet food maker Tetra to battery maker Rayovac for $551m, more than double what the firms paid for the company three years ago.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
US hedge funds have teamed with Goldman Sachs to invest in the management buyout of the UK budget clothing retailer.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Stockholm-headquartered private equity specialist EQT is in the process of raising a €250 million turnaround fund, the first of its kind in the Nordic region.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
European mezzanine provider Intermediate Capital Group invested an unprecedented £778m in deals last year while lifting profits to a new height also.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Boston-headquartered private equity firm Advent International has confirmed its intention to continue its Latin American investment activities, announcing today the final close on a new $375 million fund targeting the region.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The transatlantic private equity firm has cut its bid for the UK health club chain to around £140m in the wake of a deterioration in trading.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Hicks Muse (Europe), the European spinout from Dallas buyout firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, has appointed two veterans of the branded consumer industry as directors.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Former Nomura International head of private equity David Porter has joined Mizuho Securities to launch a new private equity operation in London.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
If it completes, the deal will be the largest-ever LBO of a firm operating in the UK professional services sector.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity owners are bringing their own brand of tender loving care to European hospitals. Colm Gilmore reports
3 min read · 30 December 2012
