Private Equity
The European Union’s Basel II banking proposals have been amended in a move that may ease the concerns of Europe’s private equity community.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London-based private equity investor, headed by Christopher Mills, is to raise a second UK-focused buyout fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Alchemy Partners is reported to have reaped a return of around four times its original investment from the sale of UK nursing home operator Four Seasons to Allianz Capital Partners for £775 million.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
PPM Ventures and PPM America Capital Partners have bought out US-based Sterigenics International from Belgian company Ion Beam Applications for $312m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has raised £266.7 million from the IPO of Halfords, the UK car parts and bicycle retailer.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The London based private equity firm has raised £16.1m, or 4.4x its original investment, in open cast miner ATH Resources which has listed on AIM.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Seven senior advisors from seven European countries have been appointed to the newly-formed Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking European Advisory Council.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Douglas MacDonald of The MacDonald Partnership has worked hard to promote the provision of finance to ailing UK companies. Here he tells Andy Thomson that the growing phenomenon of ‘debt forgiveness’ is creating a culture more conducive to business rescues.
4 min read · 30 December 2012
Lloyds Development Capital has realised a 6x investment return on selling its shareholding in UK software provider Iris Capital.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Apax Partners has completed the acquisition of Regent Medical, a UK-based manufacturer of latex and synthetic surgical gloves and medical antiseptics.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
