Private Equity
The French private equity firm is among the frontrunners to acquire the Charterhouse Development Capital portfolio business ahead of a final deadline for bids later this week.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital are all expected to submit final offers for the chemicals distribution business of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Finnish firm has held a final close of its Nordic Mezzanine Fund II at E240m, exceeding the initial fundraising target of E200m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Glasgow-based private equity firm Scottish Equity Partners has hired Lara Bayley as the head of marketing as the firm continues its expansion in London and the South East.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
FLV Fund, the struggling Belgian venture capital firm, has terminated negotiations with Arcis Group of France and the UK’s Strathdon Investments that could have led to a sale of FLV’s portfolio assets.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The investment banking division of Dresdner Bank has hired Philippe Goffin as a managing director at its financial sponsors coverage group.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Doughty Hanson, the European private equity firm, has acquired industrial battery maker Saft from Alcatel for E390m in a deal that represents its first acquisition in France.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
ABN Amro Capital has sold healthcare products portfolio company Accantia to Duke Street Capital in a secondary buyout worth £225m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
European Acquisition Capital and Stirling Square have let their joint offer for Boosey & Hawkes lapse, giving victory to HgCapital for the listed music publisher.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
European private equity houses are anticipating a re-opening of the IPO market next year, but do not anticipate a significant general recovery until 2005 according to a new survey.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
