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Vestar shores up European operations

The New York headquartered private equity firm has appointed Mario Cesari as an executive director in its Paris office.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

GIMV returns to profit

The listed Belgian private equity firm, having announced a €71m net capital gain for 2003, is upbeat about its prospects.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Onex, Oaktree in blockbuster C$2bn Loews sale

A private equity group consisting of Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Spectrum Equity Investors has agreed to buy the world’s third-largest cinema chain.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Industri Kapital cements first French exit

Industri Kapital has reportedly realised double its investment in the €300m secondary sale of French industrial engineering company Groupe Fives-Lille to BPE.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

€50m Iberia/France fund launched

Espirito Santo Capital and Sigefi Private Equity have joined forces to launch SES Iberian Fund I, a cross-border Iberian-French private equity fund that is aiming to raise €50 million.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Banc of America Fund IV in first European exit

Banc of America Capital Partners Europe has sold Italian PVC film manufacturer Alfatherm to PM & Partners, returning 2.5x its original equity investment.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Candover buys Belgian films unit for €320m

Candover, the London-headquartered private equity firm, has acquired UCB Group of Belgium’s speciality films manufacturing business for €320m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Goldman, Cerberus to pay €1.97bn for GSW

The two firms will lead a consortium to privatise the Berlin-owned real estate association, giving it a 4 percent share of the city’s housing market.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Adveq closes fourth tech FoF on $325m

Swiss-based Adveq Management has announced the final close of its fourth technology fund PETP IV, predominantly aimed at VC technology opportunities in the US.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Albemarle LPs oust general partner

Investors in the UK group’s third private equity fund have brought in Nova Capital Management to take over the management of its portfolio.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

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