Private Equity
The French bank has raised E187m for Leveraged Finance Europe Capital II, a collateralised loan obligation fund that will invest in senior and mezzanine debt used in European LBOs.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK mid-market private equity firm has paid £23m for a 45 per cent stake in Hat Trick, a UK television production company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK smaller mid-market firm has hired Paul Franks as an investment director and made a series of promotions in its UK offices.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK life sciences investor has hired Niilo Santasalo to head up the firm’s new Helsinki office which will source investment opportunities across the region.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
UK mid-market buyout firm HgCapital has confirmed that it is “seriously considering” tendering a higher offer for the UK music publisher than Stirling Square’s £40m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Barclays Private Equity has funded two add-on acquisitions for Paragon, a UK printing and labelling business it acquired in late 2001.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The New York-based private equity house has acquired the European institutional equity brokerage division of the Julius Baer Group for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The buyout firm has sold the fastener supply business to US group Anixter International for £24.7m.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The UK private equity firm has made a 44 pence per share recommended offer for Safestore, valuing the AIM-listed self-storage business at £40m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US private equity firm has revealed plans to begin investing in Russia to take advantage of the country’s rapidly expanding economy.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
