Buyouts
Water is back on tap as two companies in the area have generated interest from private equity this week, reports Deborah Sterescu.
Advent's EUR 100m buyout of WsiP marks the second take-private in two months from one of Europe's busiest stock markets. But why are investors choosing Warsaw? Kimberly Romaine reports
With Permira interested in a £500m buyout of furniture retailer DFS, could this be a return to form for a sector that has seen a slew of failures over the past 18 months? Deborah Sterescu......
This week's foursome of sizable buyouts have put Europe on course to reach EUR 40bn for 2010, 50% larger than 2009's dire figure, writes Kimberly Romaine.
Duke Street’s sale of employee benefits company Xafinity to Advent International marks the second major secondary buyout in as many days. With the buyout market currently a dichotomy between......
IPO maths don't add up as KKR completes £ 950m Pets at Home secondary. Rikke Eckhoff reports.
Now more than ever it's important to ensure management teams are properly incentivised. For existing portfolio companies it may mean bringing on board some fresh blood; for new opportunities......
German private equity is fighting a battle on several fronts and a number of disturbing trends have emerged over the last few months that could shape the industry for years to come. Mareen......
Looking at UK developments could give hints of where Nordic private equity will make its next move. Kimberly Romaine and Rikke Lilla Eckhoff report
According to Argos Soditic's mid-market H2 2008 Barometer, listed mid-market companies have lost significantly more value than their non-listed counterparts. The survey, which takes into......
As Europe licks its fresh wounds, Italy and Portugal are making hey, but can the sunshine last in Southern Europe or will the storm clouds from the rest of Europe blow in? By Francinia Protti-Alvarez......
Norwegian LP Argentum recently received a government rescue package of NOK 2bn in response to a dearth of capital in the PE industry. Rikke Lilla Eckhoff investigates how funds will fare......
Europe will not see signs of a return to economic health until 2010 at best, suggests a new survey. By Mareen Goebel
According to the latest statistics to be published in the 20th edition of the European Buyout Review (by unquote", in association with Bridgepoint), total buyout volume and value have dropped......
Professionals concur that the mid-market is the true engine of European private equity growth. But what are the boundaries? By Matthew Craig-Greene and Patrick Adefuye, IE Consulting
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