Bridgepoint
First close for Bridgepoint's €3.5bn fifth fund
Vehicle expects to reach тЌ4bn hard-cap by end of 2014
Education investing: does the pricing add up?
The ever-popular education sector is witnessing soaring valuations
Bridgepoint's Fat Face completes £210m refinancing
Refinancing believed to include ТЃ65m dividend recap
Bridgepoint acquires Moneycorp
International payments market expected to grow by 11% per year
Bridgepoint sells The Energy Solutions Group for £72m
Bridgepoint has reaped a 2.1x money multiple on the sale
Bridgepoint sells SPTS for $370m
Bridgepoint first backed SPTS in 2011
Private equity IPOs: making hay while the sun shines
Private equity IPOs
Bridgepoint's Fat Face cancels IPO
IPO would have given company a market cap of cТЃ440m
Bridgepoint's Oasis Healthcare acquires Apex
Deal follows Oasis's acquisition of Smiles Dental in April
Bridgepoint acquires LBO France's Médi-Partenaires
Bridgepoint has supported its portfolio company Médipôle Sud Santé with the acquisition of Médi-Partenaires, a French private hospital group, from LBO France and Equistone.
Bridgepoint sells CABB International to Permira
German chemicals manufacturer changes hands in secondary buyout
BDC picks up Inspired Thinking Group for £28m
Company previously backed by Isis Equity Partners
Large-cap segment boosts DACH deal totals
Buyout activity was buoyed by a handful of large-cap deals in 2013. But is there hope for a brighter future further down the value scale? Amy King reports
Florman and Oldroyd join MCF as advisers
Mark Florman, MCF Corporate Finance
BDC's Mezzo di Pasta to change hands in Q1
Bridgepoint Development Capital-backed Mezzo di Pasta, a struggling French pasta fast food chain, is expected to be bought out of “redressement judiciaire” in February.
Bridgepoint Development Capital picks up Quotient
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has acquired outsourced drug development business Quotient Clinical from Quotient Bioresearch Group.
Palamon reaps 14.6x on Cambridge Education exit
Palamon Capital Partners has sold Cambridge Education Group to Bridgepoint for ТЃ185m, generating a 14.6x return.
Bridgepoint seeking Noordhoff sale
Bridgepoint is currently in discussions with potential buyers for the Noordhoff Uitgevers division of its Dutch portfolio company Infinitas Learning.
Ardian arranges €275m unitranche facility for Flexitallic SBO
Ardian (formerly Axa Private Equity) has arranged a €275m multi-currency unitranche facility to finance the €450m buyout of Flexitallic by Bridgepoint, in what marks the first investment for Ardian's Private Debt Fund III vehicle.
Bridgepoint bites into Dr Gerard
Bridgepoint has bought Polish biscuit maker Dr Gerard from French firm Group Poult, backed by LBO France.
BDC buys KHG from Procuritas
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Swedish customs services provider KHG Customs from Procuritas.
LPs demand Asian presence for portfolio growth
Eastern promises
CBPE dines out with Côte
CBPE Capital has emerged as the new owner of French bistro chain CУДte Restaurant in a deal thought to be worth in the region of ТЃ100m.