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
Rivenrock Capital has bought Small World Toys out of bankruptcy in yet another distressed play amid tightening credit markets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Wonder how the banks minimised the red ink bleeding over third quarter results? Private Equity International's David Snow explains.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Alternative asset manager The Blackstone Group is reportedly preparing a bid for US student loan provider Sallie Mae, once it resolves its dispute over a JC Flowers-led consortium’s abandoned $25 billion bid.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Gresham, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has bought the West Cornwall Pasty company, banking on the Cornish snack’s durability in an economic downturn.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
INREV says the termination of ’first generation funds’ will release €49.5bn of real estate into the market in 2009 and 2010.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK Chancellor has increased the tax burden on the country's beleaguered buyout executives. But his move is carefully calculated to keep the industry in London, writes Nicholas Lockley.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Milestone Capital Partners, the UK mid-market buyout firm, has continued its turnaround with its first acquisitions of the year and its fifth exit since jettisoning three partners last year.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Affinity Equity Partners and TPG Capital have won shareholder approval for the buyout of Singapore-listed United Testing and Assembly Centre with a covenant-lite loan likely to cause bankers pain.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Lone Star has finally completed its acquisition of Accredited Home Lenders. It paid $311 million for the mortgage company, a price significantly lower than its original bid.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
