Private Equity
Apollo Management, Soros Private Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have invested $350m to take a majority stake in Cablecom, the Swiss cable television company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK holiday village operator has been sold to UK brokerage Collins Stewart, which plans to float the business on AIM next week.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and the Inland Revenue (IR) are holding ongoing talks aimed at clarifying the capital gains tax (CGT) treatment of shares owned by MBO company executives.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Reporting a fall in its net asset value (NAV) per share, 3i nonetheless hailed a turnaround in its fortunes in the first six months of the financial year.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
UK mid-market private equity firm LDC has agreed to back a £38m secondary management buyout at UK electrical group Electrium, providing an exit for Cinven.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Nordic IT and telecoms investor Northzone Ventures has added an additional €23m at the interim closing, adding Access Capital Partners and Swiss Re as new investors.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity firm Dunedin Capital Partners has led the £37m management buyout of Caledonian Building Systems, a UK market leader in the modular construction industry.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Listed UK retailer GUS Plc has agreed to sell a North American business services unit in an MBO backed by Baltimore- and Chicago-based Sterling Capital Partners.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), a professional association that issues investment reporting and valuation standards, has added a set of private equity valuation principles to its standards handbook.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK-based breakfast cereal manufacturer will be bolted on to Hicks Muse’s existing UK portfolio company, Premier Foods.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
