Private Equity
US-based private equity firm Texas Pacific has completed an unwanted treble, with its third offer for British Vita rebuffed by the target’s board.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Activity at the upper end of the European buyout market remains strong, despite a substantial tail-off in the overall number of deal completions recorded in the first quarter of 2005.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The firms have acquired the Greek mobile telecommunications company in what they describe as the country's 'first significant private equity investment'.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
A consortium comprising Apax, Blackstone and CVC has made a new offer for the Spanish telecommunications company Auna as rival KKR joins the fray.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Dubai International Capital has completed its first private equity deal, acquiring the Tussauds Group from Charterhouse Capital Partners for £800m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The acquisitive Icelandic group will team up with a consortium comprising Apax Partners, Barclays Capital and Robert Tchenguiz to put together a £1.1bn offer for UK supermarket chain Somerfield.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
German asset manager Union Investment has hired Unigestion to invest up to €170m in European and US private equity funds.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-listed private equity firm has announced two acquisitions this week, only days after the announcement that it achieved realisations worth £1.15 billion in the 11 months to the end of February.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Newly independent Solid Capital Partners, formerly known as NeSBIC CTE Funds, is aiming to raise €75m by the end of this year for investment in the Benelux region.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Texas Pacific has made an increased indicative offer for the London-listed foam rubber manufacturer that rejected the private equity firm’s advances last month.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
