Bain Capital

Bridgepoint seeking Noordhoff sale

Bridgepoint is currently in discussions with potential buyers for the Noordhoff Uitgevers division of its Dutch portfolio company Infinitas Learning.

Hard times over for hardware investments?
Hard times over for hardware investments?

The hardware end of Europe’s technology market has largely been ignored by GPs in favour of the safety net of software. Ellie Pullen investigates the reasons behind its neglect and whether the sector is about to become a more appealing investment opportunity...

Altor and Bain bid for Ewos

Altor and Bain Capital have submitted an offer to Cermaq ASA to acquire Norwegian fish feeding company Ewos, valuing the business at NOK 6.2bn.

Advent, Bain in £340m WorldPay dividend recap

WorldPay, a card payment services provider acquired by Advent International and Bain Capital in 2010, has secured a ТЃ700m refinancing including a dividend recap for the private equity owners, according to reports.

PE backers to reduce NXP Semiconductors stakes

AlpInvest Partners, Apax Partners, Bain Capital Partners, KKR and Silver Lake Technology Management are due to sell 30 million shares in listed Dutch semiconductor developer NXP Semiconductors.

PE-backed IPOs few and far between in 2012
PE-backed IPOs few and far between in 2012

Moleskine might make headlines if and when it finally lists on the stock market later this year, but flotations remained a seldom-explored exit route for GPs in 2012, continuing a trend initiated in 2008.

Spanish private equity's 2012 highlights
Spanish private equity's 2012 highlights

While Spain faces deep economic problems, ranging from mass unemployment, a burst housing bubble and crippling public debts, its private equity industry has soldiered on, even attempting to improve its fortunes on the back of close ties to lucrative markets...