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unquote" Fund Administration Report 2009
An introduction to the fund administration market
CVC and Carlyle bid EUR 5bn for Kabel Deutschland
According to reports, CVC Capital Partners and Carlyle have teamed up for a EUR 5bn bid for cable networks operator Kabel Deutschland, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners. The buyout might see banks provide between EUR 3.5bn and EUR 4bn...
KKR acquires stake in Rudolf Wild
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) has acquired a stake in food ingredients business Rudolf Wild GmbH & Co. KG with effect from 1 January 2010 from the owner, Dr. Hans-Peter Wild.
GI Partners launches Elystan Capital Advisers
GI Partners has backed the launch of Elystan Capital Advisers, a Munich-based investment firm targeting mortgage backed assets and the mortgage banking sector in the DACH region.
Q1 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Total value of transactions was just тЌ4bn, the lowest quarterly total since 1996
Q2 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Market rallies as green shoots appear
Bidding heats up for Siemens hearing aids unit
Hellman & Friedman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Australian Cochlear Ltd have teamed up in a bid for the hearing aids business being sold by Siemens AG. Other interested bidders are said to include Bain Capital, Cinven, and Permira, with bids due...
HTGF leads investment in crealytics
High-Tech Gründerfonds has led an investment in performance search marketing company crealytics GmbH, with Bayern Kapital and Chancenkapital Biberach also participating.
Investment stalls as economic uncertainty returns
Figures from the just-released unquote" Q4 Private Equity Barometer reveal a stagnation in private equity investment activity as economic optimism wears thin.
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EUROPE – €400bn refinancing crisis looms
Global advisory firm AlixPartners has released new figures today that suggest Europeтs private equity community faces a potential crisis in the coming year, in the form of EUR 397bn of debt in need of refinancing .
EUROPE - Vestar promotes nine
Vestar Capital Partners has made in three promotions across its European offices.
The banks are back ... or are they?
A lack of leverage does not persist. By Deborah Sterescu
Impotent revolution
Despite calls for an upheaval to fundraising terms, things are set to change incrementally at best as guidelines prove little more than wish lists. Kimberly Romaine reports
Q3 2009 unquote" Private Equity Barometer
Recovery gathers momentum as stabilisation continues
EUROPE - Nordic Mezzanine holds EUR 320m close of third fund
Nordic Mezzanine has held a final close of Nordic Mezzanine Fund III on EUR 320m, an increase in fund size of 30% compared to its predecessor.
AUSTRIA - GEP exits Greentube
Global Equity Partners has sold its stake in online games company Greentube to Astra Games. Global Equity Partners held the stake via HTA III Venture Beteiligungs-Invest AG.
GERMANY – Hasso Plattner Ventures co-invests in RIB Software
Venture firm Hasso Plattner Ventures and listed software company SAP AG have invested in software provider RIB Software AG.
EUROPE - EVCA appoints Roberts to chief commercial officer
EVCA has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly created position of chief commercial officer.
EUROPE - Law firms Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg to merge
European law firms Die Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg have agreed to merge, effective 1 April 2010.
GERMANY - HTGF and Life Science Fonds Esslingen invest in Amedrix
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Life Science Fonds Esslingen have jointly invested a total of EUR 700,000 in the medical implants developer Amedrix GmbH.