Secondaries
Vision Capital acquires portfolio from Banco Popolare
Vision Capital has acquired a portfolio of assets from Italian retail bank Banco Popolare.
Easter sees double secondaries deals
The Easter weekend has seen major developments in the secondaries market, with both HarbourVest and Eurazeo attempting to expand their presence through acquisitions. John Bakie reports
Verdane Capital acquires Eqvitec's Fund III
Secondary specialist Verdane Capital has acquired Eqvitec Technology Fund III from Eqvitec.
Coller to buy €500m secondaries portfolio from Crédit Agricole
Coller Capital is in talks with Crédit Agricole to buy €500m worth of stakes in buyout funds, according to media reports.
Electra buys Riverside's Sentinel in SBO
Electra Partners has acquired Sentinel Performance Solutions from Riverside in a ТЃ43m secondary buyout.
Secondaries in primary position
Secondaries activity breaks $20bn barrier for the first time.
Linpac offloads five assets to Chamonix
Direct secondaries specialist Chamonix Private Equity has completed the institutional buyout of five non-core businesses from Linpac Group.
3i acquires Amor in SBO
3i has acquired German jewellery distributor Amor Group from Pamplona Capital Management for an undisclosed amount.
Pinova Capital acquires Wendt Sit
Pinova Capital has added German insulation provider Wendt Sit GmbH to its portfolio through a secondary buyout of the company from BPE Unternehmensbeteiligungen.
KKR sells recycling company DSD
British private equity group Solidus Partners has backed the acquisition of Duales System Deutschland (DSD) for an undisclosed amount.
AXA Private Equity takes over Natixis private equity arms
AXA Private Equity has completed the acquisition of portfolios managed by iXEN Partners, NI Partners and Initiative & Finance from Natixis for €507m.
Greenpark Capital acquires Seventure Partners portfolio
Greenpark-sponsored Chopin Invest has bought a portfolio of minority stakes from Seventure Partners, for an undisclosed amount.
Healthcare buyouts: a tonic for the market
Defensive sector or not, buyout activity in the healthcare area was as depressed as elsewhere during 2009. But things are looking up and a spate of deal completions and possible exits in the first few months of 2010 are providing a welcome tonic for a...
Poundland: Advent sees the pounds roll in
This morning, Advent International successfully sold discount retailer Poundland, as part of a secondary buyout by Warburg Pincus.
Verdane acquires six internet companies
Verdane Capital has acquired a portfolio of six Internet companies from Aggregate Media.
AXA buys BoA's $1.9bn private equity secondary interests
AXA Private Equity has acquired Bank of America's(BoA) $1.9bn portfolio of limited partnership interests in private equity funds, as the bank seeks to divest its non-core private equity investments.
Q&A: Hungry for secondaries
The secondaries team of NorgesInvestor is aggressively chasing opportunities in the Nordic region. Rikke Eckhoff asks partner Dylan Wolff how he sees the secondaries market.
Second chance saloon
Predictions a year ago of a boom in secondaries transactions proved premature, as a dearth of draw-downs provided a stay of execution to liquidity-starved LPs. Twelve months on, there is a similar anticipation of a wave of secondaries sales, but will...
FRANCE - Coller interested in Natixis
According to reports, Coller Capital has emerged as a potential suitor for part or all of Natixis' Private Equity divisions.
EUROPE - 3i sells venture portfolio to Coller-, HarbourVest-backed Encore
Secondaries specialists Coller Capital and HarbourVest Partners have teamed up with venture house DFJ Esprit to acquire a ТЃ130m portfolio of venture assets from 3i. The portfolio will be managed by a new division of DFJ, Encore Ventures.
Secondaries Salvation
The swathe of money pumping into secondaries will prove a savior, not a bubble. Cash-rich specialists can help teams looking to spin out of distressed parents, as well as borderline LPs pushed over the edge this autumn as GPs call in capital. By Kimberly...
EUROPE - 3i sells venture portfolio for less than half value
London-based private equity firm 3i has reportedly sold its venture portfolio to an unnamed bidder for around ТЃ100m, a substantial discount to the approximate ТЃ250m book value.