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UK - Private equity to target consumer sector P2Ps
A new report reveals that 94% of private equity houses are likely to consider take-private deals over the next two years, with quoted companies in the consumer sector seen to be the most conductive to such transactions.
FRANCE - Neptune Technologies backs EUR 3m Squid Solutions funding
Neptune Technologies and Banque de Vizille, along with a number of private investors, have invested EUR 3m into Squid Solutions, a customer intelligence software company, in a first round of financing.
Packing up
Industry professionals concur that times are tough. They cannot agree on the best solutions; nor can they entirely understand the options for troubled assets
Shaken and stirred
The overcommitment policy LPs adopted in the past is gone for good. The industry is waving good-bye to the convenient means of funding future capital calls with future fund distributions
2009 already written off
Europe will not see signs of a return to economic health until 2010 at best, suggests a new survey
After the freeze
Last week's snowstorm brought the country to a standstill. Public transport came to a halt; workers were snowed in at home or worse - made it in and then found themselves marooned at the office. Few things were moving; none were working well
UK - RBS rejects £5bn bid from BC and Apollo
RBS has decided to terminate the sales process for its UK insurance arm after rejecting a bid jointly put forward by BC Partners and Apollo Management, which valued the business at around £5bn.
LUXEMBOURG - DEFI et al. back DS Care funding
Swiss investor DEFI Gestion SA, Luxembourg-based Luxempart and French fund Sinequanon have invested a combined EUR 20.2m into healthcare provider DS Care in a second round of funding.
FRANCE - AXA Private Equity increases stake in Spotless
AXA Private Equity has acquired a further 50% in portfolio company The Spotless Group, a producer and distributor of homecare and cleaning products, taking its holding in the business to 65.6%.
UK - Administrations double in Q4
Further evidence of the growing impact of the economic downturn on businesses was provided today by new figures published by the Insolvency Service, which reveals that the number of administrations in Q4 2008 across England and Wales doubled in comparison...
UK - Quattro Partners hires d'Angelin
London-based advisory firm Quattro Partners has hired Benoit d'Angelin.