Private Equity
10 min read · 30 December 2012
Candover, the London-based European private equity investor, has realised over 2.7 times capital invested from the €1.3bn sale of Picard Surgeles to fellow private equity firm BC Partners.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Secondary buyouts continue to drive the private equity market, making Q3 the busiest quarter in the UK since 2000, according to data compiled by KPMG.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-headquartered private equity firm has hired a principal and four associates across its London and Frankfurt offices.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
PPM Ventures has announced the €110 million acquisition of Müller & Weygandt, a German dental distributor, from fellow UK private equity firm Permira and other shareholders.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Proof of a still burgeoning secondaries market comes with Greenpark Capital’s announcement of the final close of its €350m second fund.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The hotel and casino company led by Donald Trump turns down a $400m equity investment from DLJ Merchant Banking, designed to keep Trump’s company out of bankruptcy.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The firm’s second vehicle drew roughly double the commitments of its first fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Active Capital Partners, the Barcelona-based venture capital start-up, is more than halfway to its fundraising target of €20m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The securitisation of UK motorway services group Welcome Break in its buyout from Granada by Investcorp in 1997 was hailed as another example of how this technique was empowering sponsors. Today's acrimonious war of nerves between the company's equity sponsor, bondholders and in particular a hedge fund suggests that not all securitisation works though. The Deal Mechanic investigates why
6 min read · 30 December 2012
