Private Equity
Nineteen of the twenty largest buyouts in Q3 were completed in Continental Europe including multi-billion Euro transactions in Italy and Germany.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Hermes Private Equity has made its fourth appointment in six months, with Simon Jennings joining the fund investment team.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK private equity firm has made its fourth acquisition of the year, backing a £20m management buyout of the UK-listed company’s UK asset management operations business.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Italian private equity firm has acquired the European fabric manufacturing unit from bankrupt US group Galey & Lord.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Risk capital provider CDC Capital Partners has appointed Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo as its new head of Africa.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Swiss private equity manager Partners Group has held an interim closing for its debut secondary fund, having raised E90m from European institutions.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Terra Firma Capital Partners is reported to be in talks to buy Mentmore, the London-based specialist storage group that is currently valued at around £155m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The global private equity house has paid an undisclosed sum for one of Germany’s largest privately-owned industrial and building electronics component producers.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Earlybird Venture Capital portfolio company Esmertec has raised $27m in what is the largest fundraising by a European software company since mid-2002.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
AMPJE backing for Scottish bakery; Pod leads $10m Swedish fibre optics round; Wellington investment concludes MTM round
2 min read · 30 December 2012
