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Apax set to steam ahead with HIT Entertainment sale

Strong gains in China and the US, as well as significant interest from mainly US trade buyers, have prompted Apax Partners to commission a strategic review of HIT Entertainment with a view to a potential тЌ1bn+ sale, according to press reports.

Resource Partners backs MAVIT Medical Center

Resource Partners has structured an undisclosed package of expansion funding to back the Polish private healthcare provider Centrum Medyczne MAVIT (MAVIT Medical Center).

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Exponent looks to cash in on interest for Cardsave

A number of unsolicited approaches for credit card terminal supplier Cardsave have prompted its majority shareholder, Exponent Private Equity, to appoint corporate financiers to sell the business, reports suggest.

PAI moves closer to full exit from Kwik Fit

Less than four months after having offloaded the insurance branch of Kwik Fit to Fortis UK for ТЃ215m, reports suggest that PAI Partners may be moving closer to selling the main operating business.

For sale sign goes up at IKB

Lone Star, the specialist US distressed asset investor, has appointed Perella Weinberg to sell the toubled German bank IKB, reports suggest.

Bain Capital closes in on Priory

More than four months after reports suggested that private equity firms were among the front runners to snap up mental healthcare provider Priory Group, Bain Capital has emerged as the clear favourite.

Funds-of-funds: A bifurcating market
Funds-of-funds: A bifurcating market

While the 2005-2008 private equity boom is most commonly associated with the surging activity in Europe’s buyout markets, other areas, including the fund-of-funds segment, witnessed the same unsustainable growth and have felt the same shuddering crash....

Qualium backs MBO of La Foir'Fouille

Qualium Investissement, part of the Caisse des Dépôts group, has led a syndicate of investors to acquire the discount retail chain La Foir'Fouille for an undisclosed amount.

Call in the investigators?
Call in the investigators?

In the private equity world, the term due diligence is most often associated with the verification of a targetтs financial position and trading prospects. Yet, as it is so often said, private equity is a people business: so who, if anyone, does the industry...

Parvilla appoints new partner

Parvilla, the Paris-based fund-of-funds manager founded four years ago by former PAI senior Partner Jean-Marie Fabre, has appointed Mark Foulds as a partner.

Matrix boosts placement team
Matrix boosts placement team

The investment banking division of Matrix Group has hired Vincenzo Narciso as a partner in its London-based private funds group.

Palamon exits OmniBus via €36.4m trade sale

Palamon Capital Partners has continued its strong run of exits in 2010 with the sale of its broadcast software portfolio company OmniBus Systems Ltd to the listed Canadian firm Miranda Technologies Inc for тЌ36.4m in cash.

Investments in Asia: Eastern Promise
Investments in Asia: Eastern Promise

European nations may have deep historical ties with the Asia Pacific region, but their GPs, and to a lesser extent LPs, have largely been late entrants to the region. This may be changing, though, as Asian Venture Capital Journal’s managing editor Paul...