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GLOBAL- Madison's Mosher to retire
According to reports, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners co-founder David Mosher is to retire after 17 years at the firm.
Due diligence: Levelling the playing field
In a market dominated by distressed sales and complex restructuring operations, the role of intermediaries has taken on renewed significance, writes Ashley Wassall
In rude health
The is currently something of a buzz around the healthcare sector, but there may not be opportunities for all. By Ashley Wassall
EUROPE - Sun Capital loses managing director
Philip Dougall, managing director of Sun Capital Partners Europe, has resigned after six years with the firm.
EUROPE - Marwyn to launch recovery fund on SFM
Investment and advisory group Marwyn intends to launch a UK-based recovery fund on the Specialist Fund Market (SFM) of the London Stock Exchange, The Marwyn Alternative Capital Fund, which will be aimed at businesses suffering depressed valuations as...
GLOBAL - KKR may not float
Reports suggest that private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) is rethinking its plans to float on the NYSE.
GLOBAL - Barclays accepts BlackRock's offer for BGI
Barclays' board of directors has accepted BlackRock's offer to acquire its asset management division Barclays Global Investors (BGI), with the price tag thought to be around $10bn.
SWEDEN - AP6 backs mobile solutions business Accumulate
The Sixth Swedish Pension Fund has invested an undisclosed sum into Accumulate, a technology provider of connected mobile solutions.
EUROPE - Cipio holds first close of Fund VI on EUR 61m
Secondary direct player Cipio Partners has held a first closing of Cipio Partners Fund VI on EUR 61m, targeting EUR 200m.
EUROPE - Bridgepoint appoints Stephen Green as partner
Private equity firm Bridgepoint has appointed Stephen Green as partner and head of its European financial services sector team.
SWEDEN - Procuritas acquires Däckia from Goodyear
Procuritas, via its fund Procuritas Capital Investors IV, has acquired tire services chain Däckia Holding AB from Goodyear Dunlop Europe BV.
SWEDEN - Ratos-backed EuroMaint acquires EISAB for SEK 24.5m
EuroMaint Industry, a subsidiary of Ratos-owned EuroMaint, has acquired EISAB Energi och Industriservice AB, a service provider to industries within waste management and renewable energy, valuing the business at SEK 24.5m. Ratos will be injection a corresponding...
GLOBAL - LPs suggest trouble ahead
A quarter of all private equity fund managers will go out of business and a tenth of investors could default on capital calls; industry LPs reveal their sombre side.
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 - Private equity interest in Thomas Cook
Both private equity and trade buyers are reportedly circling Thomas Cook, Europe's second biggest tour operator, after its majority stakeholder, German retailer Arcandor, filed for insolvency on Tuesday.
NORDIC - The winner takes it all
"There will be winners and losers coming out of this recession," said 3i partner Alan MacKay, speaking today at the Nordic unquote" Private Equity Congress in Stockholm, adding that finding new financing solutions today will be what separates the wheat...
EUROPE - Stronger cooperation among European associations
Europe's private equity trade bodies have vowed to work closely together to drive improvements to the proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive launched by the European Commission in April this year.
EUROPE - Cerberus loses two heads
It is understood that US-based investor Cerberus has lost two of its European-based heads in London as part of a firm-wide scaling back operation.
EUROPE - Advent International hires partner
Global private equity firm Advent International has hired Bob Wigley as operating partner in its London office.
EUROPE - Richard Wilson to succeed Jonathan Russell as EVCA chairman
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has announced Richard Wilson, senior partner at Apax Partners, as the proposed successor of chairman Jonathan Russell.
DENMARK- Altor acquires Pulse Medtech from listed Technitrol
Altor Equity Partners has acquired the Pulse Medtech Group, a designer of hearing solutions, from listed Technitrol Inc, a manufacturer of hearing aids and medical devices.
EUROPE – LODH closes Euro Choice IV on CHF 776m
Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch has closed Euro Choice IV on CHF 776m.
FINLAND/SWEDEN - Nexit backs Aava Mobile with EUR 3m
Nexit Ventures has invested EUR 3m into Aava Mobile, a developer of smartphone platform designs.