The private equity firms bidding for the Turkish supermarket have tabled lower than expected bids, although should the deal complete it will be one of the largest European buyout financed since the problems in the credit markets became apparent.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Bahrain investment firm has joined the throng of MENA buyout firms continuing doing deals in the West despite the credit crunch.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Large US buyout firms cash out the majority of their equity in a third of deals before they fully exit, but default rates across large private equity companies remain minimal.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm’s Skr2 billion recapitalisation of Dacke, two years after the buyout firm acquired the company, is an exception in liquidity-starved credit markets.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The Bahrain investment firm has joined the throng of MENA buyout firms continuing doing deals in the West despite the credit crunch.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Terra Firma will tomorrow launch its overhaul of the UK record business after buying it for £3.2 billion at the height of the buyout boom. It is expected to confirm job cuts at the company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
A survey has revealed lower mid-market buyout firms are widely appreciated by UK entrepreneurs despite the negative publicity the industry has received in the country.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Pressure on some managers to liquidate their UK assets is tempting others to create opportunistic vehicles to pick up bargains.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
