Private Equity
The Boston firm has agreed to sell Hartz Mountain pet supplier to Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Centrica has agreed to sell its provider of roadside help and car insurance division to a consortium comprising CVC and Permira, who beat off competition from KKR.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
David Chamberlain, the former managing director of private equity at Swiss alternative asset manager Unigestion, has joined Zurich-based placement agent Palomar Capital Advisors as managing director.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The equity firms have undertaken one of the largest recapitalisations in the Spanish private equity market, refinancing existing debt in metal food can manufacturer Mivisa.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The New York and London energy specialist is leading The Blackstone Group and strategic partner American Metals & Coal in the acquisition of US coal assets from Germany’s RAG Coal International.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Alpinvest, CalPERS and the EBRD are among the institutions that have signed up for Enterprise Investors’ fifth and largest fund to date.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
TDR Capital, the UK private equity firm, has agreed to pay German tourist operator TUI €320m for a 66.98% stake in Algeco, a French-based provider of modular buildings.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The second stage of ABN Amro’s exit from French industrial conglomerate De Dietrich has been completed with the sale of the heating division to Dutch-based Remeha for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The European mid-market private equity firm has completed a €150m recapitalisation of UK and Ireland wholesaler BWG.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Citigroup-backed European private equity firm Stirling Square has acquired Saurer’s Ionbond Group in an MBO, backed by €55m of senior and mezzanine debt.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
