Isis Equity Partners, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has sold secure messaging company Boldon James to trade buyer Qinetiq, after securing contracts for the company with the UK Ministry of Defence and the UK Cabinet office.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
An Israeli-led consortium revealed today it has terminated an agreement to buy a package of Swiss properties in a clear example of how large property deals are failing to get done in the wake of the recent credit crunch and fears that commercial property values are falling.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Three weeks after The Carlyle Group announced its investment in Brazilian real estate developer Scopel, New Jersey-based Prudential Real Estate Investors has joined with Racional Engenharia to target investments in Brazil’s industrial property market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The value of leveraged buyouts in Europe in quarter three fell by more than two-thirds while providing evidence that the mid-market continues to be an active source of deals.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Olympus Capital Holdings Asia has invested $28 million in a joint venture established with China-listed cement producer Sichuan Golden Summit.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The US investment firm that took over troubled Austrian bank Bawag-PSK in May is now selling a property package that belonged to its new acquisition.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Central and eastern European buyout firm Mid Europa Partners closed the largest-ever fund in the region on €1.53 billion, 40 percent oversubscribed.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
KKR and Goldman Sachs have struck a $400 million deal allowing them to terminate their agreed $8 billion buyout of Harman International Industries without litigation or paying a breakup fee to the audio equipment maker.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Sentinel Capital Partners, unhampered by the credit crunch, is continuing a fast-paced year. This week the firm acquired one auto parts supplier and sold another.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Lion Capital, the European buyout firm, has called off a planned listing for Japanese restaurant chain Wagamama because a trade sale will fetch a better price as it looks to exit after two years ownership.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
