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Oakley reaps 2.5x in €210m sale of Intergenia
Oakley receives €21m from the sale
Private equity's growing appetite for premium food assets
PE firms are pouring money into food products with a premium offering
Cinven sells ASK and Zizzi to Bridgepoint for £250m
Sale marks Cinven's final exit from Gondola Group
Mobeus continues exit run with sixth sale of the year
Mobeus's divestment of Youngman lifts VCT's realisation value to ТЃ200m for 2014
Mobeus makes 3.7x money on Focus exit
Deal includes potential ТЃ2.6m earn-out
Q&A: José Basabe of Jamieson & Basabe
José Basabe speaks to unquote" about his new Spanish corporate finance house
Hony's PizzaExpress issues £610m of bonds
Moody's assigns bond credit rating of B3
Cinven's PizzaExpress bought by Hony
Sale comes a month after unquote" reported on upcoming exit
Split in CEE dealflow leaves Russia trailing
CEE divide
Cinven sells Partnerships in Care in $660m deal
GP acquired the firm for ТЃ552m in 2005
Cinven reaps 2.4x on sale of Sebia to Montagu and Astorg
Deal believed to be worth €1-1.2bn
HgCapital, Cinven and KKR in €2.5bn Visma deal
Deal sees Cinven joining existing backers HgCapital and KKR
DACH: Growth capital value up as traditional buyouts suffer
Growth capital deals are proving more popular with businesses in the region
Cinven and Carlyle in Numericable/Altice share transfer
Deal follows Altice's €17bn SFR purchase
Cinven looks to sell Spire
Asset expected to fetch more than ТЃ1.5bn
Cinven, EQT target new geographies
European buyout houses Cinven and EQT have been looking further afield for healthcare investments, this week buying US-based CRO business Medpace and Australian radiology specialist I-Med, respectively.
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
Fundraises to flotations: a promising year for the UK
The UK market witnessed swathes of fund closes and a surprising number of IPOs last year. But will this positive trend continue in 2014? Alice Murray reports
Strong finish to the year for faltering emerging market
A turbulent year for CEE private equity is ending on a high. Kimberly Romaine reports
Cinven's Amco in bolt-on
Cinven portfolio company Amdipharm Mercury (Amco) has acquired Abcur, a Swedish pharmaceutical business.
Deal in focus: Risk Capital buys Neilson from Thomas Cook
Risk Capital Partners' acquisition of Neilson Active Holidays from embattled holiday-operator Thomas Cook is a rare example of private equity being invited in.
Corporate carve-outs boost Benelux deal values
Corporate carve-outs
Numericable raises €652m in IPO
Cinven- and Carlyle-backed Numericable has made its debut on the NYSE Euronext Paris with a €3bn market cap.