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
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
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
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
The liquidity problems in the debt markets did not restrain record third quarter figures in the UK as deals were signed before the beginning August. However, big four accountant Deloitte said it expects few deals to complete in the next quarter.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
VSS has agreed to pay $185 million for direct marketing company TRANZACT, generating for its owner, Halyard Capital, a return of 12 times its investment and an 85 percent IRR.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Kabir Misra is in charge of a new Softbank affiliate that is making its mark across Asia.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Asian private equity will not escape unscathed from the global credit crunch.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Blackstone bets on Indian construction * CLSA leads $60m Chinese water financing * Longreach, Phoenix in IT bail-out * Another Oz buyout fails * Chinese VCs busier than ever * US hedge funds bail out Taiwanese bank
4 min read · 12 January 2013