Private Equity
Blackstone Group, the New York-based private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to buy New Skies Satellites, the Dutch satellite communications business, for $956m in cash.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
GMT Communications Partners has announced the acquisition of 65 percent of Swiss-headquartered publishing company Docu Group and the sale of French-based Media Publications to the Marie Claire magazine group
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Having closed its maiden fund, the London-based provider of intermediate capital is looking to return to the fundraising market in 2005.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Patrick Austen, former executive director of CRBFL Investment Trust and chief executive of Liberty plc, has joined Nova Capital Management.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Following last month’s aborted IPO, Doughty Hanson has agreed to sell German automotive operator Auto-Teile-Unger to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $1.75 billion, returning $850 million to its fund.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
ABN AMRO Capital, the European mid-market buyout arm of ABN AMRO, has completed a debut investment in Finland and its first exit in Spain.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
In 2003, members of EVCA invested €29bn of equity in 7,500 companies while raising €27bn of fresh capital.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Richard Nevins, co-head of the restructuring advisory team at US investment bank Jefferies International, has relocated to London to spearhead the firm’s push into the European market.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Mark Hallock, until now a managing director in the London office of CFSB’s Private Fund Group, has moved to independent boutique and fund placement rival Helix Associates as an executive director and partner
2 min read · 30 December 2012
On the whole, European countries have a long way to go to make their tax and legal environments conducive to the development of private equity and venture capital.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
