France
FRANCE - A Plus and SGAM AI invest EUR 4.4m into Intrasense
A Plus Finance and SGAM Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) have made an investment of EUR 4.4m into medical software business Intrasense.
FRANCE - CAPE and CIC divest Ital Express in SBO
Crédit Agricole Priavte Equity (CAPE) and CIC Finance have sold auto parts business Ital Express in a secondary buyout to LFPI.
FRANCE - Qatari Diar buys 22.7% of SFCMC
Qatari Diar, an investment firm belonging to the Qatari Investment authority, has purchased 22.76% of Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes (SFCMC), which operates hotels and casino's in Cannes. The Desseigne Barrière family retains a majority...
FRANCE - Apax recruits new senior adviser
Apax Partners France has recruited Bernard Bourigeaud as senior adviser.
FRANCE - ACG appoints two
ACG, formerly known as Altium Capital Group, has recruited Eliza Nikolova and Nicola Gobbo.
FRANCE - Naxicap invests in Nuxe
Naxicap Partners has taken a minority stake in cosmetics company Nuxe.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole invests EUR 4m into Urbasolar
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, via its fund Capenergie FCPR, has invested EUR 4m into photovoltaic business Urbasolar.
FRANCE - CDC leads EUR 6m Quotatis funding
CDC Enterprises has invested EUR 4m as part of a EUR 6m funding round for Quotatis, a provider of pay-as-you-go business leads to reputable trademen, with the remainder being provided by existing investor Banexi Ventures.
FRANCE – AtriA backs EUR 65m AltéAd MBO
AtriA Capital Partenaires has backed the EUR 65m management buyout of heavy industry support services company AltéAd, alongside historic investors IPO, Ouest Croissance and Synergie Finance. The company managers, Jean-François Torres and Jean-Baptiste...
EUROPE - 3i reports 40% drop in new investments
3i Plc has announced a year-on-year drop of almost 40% in new investments for the five months to 31st August, which fell to ТЃ622m in 2008 compared to more than ТЃ1bn for the same period in 2007.
EUROPE - Permira hires new senior adviser
Permira has hired David Williams as a senior adviser in the industrial and product services sector.
FRANCE – Atos Origin rejects Candover offer
IT services provider Atos Origin has rejected a EUR 1.6bn takeover approach by Candover for its Atos Worldwide unit, which specialises in electronic payment systems.
EUROPE - Kleinwort Benson appoints new head of alternative assets team
Kleinwort Benson has appointed Alexandre Pigault as new head of alternative assets research.
EUROPE - Private equity attracted to logistics
According to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers, private equity buyers are increasingly targeting investments in the transport distribution and logistics sectors.
FRANCE - Cognetas appoints associate
Cognetas have recruited Antoine de Péguilhan as a new associate in its Paris office.
FRANCE - CIC and IDI take Alti private
CIC LBO Partners, through the CIC LBO Fund, and IDI have acquired IT engineering company Alti after taking a majority stake in the Euronext-listed holding company Financière Alti.
FRANCE - AXA PE to divest Spotless
AXA Private Equity is reportedly seeking to sell portfolio company The Spotless Group, a producer and distributer of home care and cleaning products, with the price tag expected to be EUR 700m. Lazard is reported to have been mandated to find a buyer....
EUROPE - European Commission to discuss transparency proposals
The European Parliament today voted to send the Lehne and Ramussen reports on the transparency of institutional investors to the European Commission for discussion.