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Clearwater

Holiday destinations
Livingbridge acquires Love Holidays

GP invests in the online travel agent with equity drawn from its £660m sixth flagship fund

  • Buyouts
  • 29 May 2018
Data compression and transmission technology
Inflexion invests in management buyout of ITM

GP supports the buyout from the founder-owners of the financial services IT and software firm

  • Buyouts
  • 08 May 2018
Logistics and delivery services
Synova generates 8x return on Mandata sale to LDC

Deal for logistics software company brings to an end a five-year holding period for the vendor

  • Buyouts
  • 01 May 2018
Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain
Rutland divests Pizza Hut in management buy-back

GP will retain a minority stake in the UK pizza restaurant chain following the deal

  • Exits
  • 20 April 2018
Homes construction
Palatine reaps more than 3x on Westleigh sale to Countryside

Transaction values the home builder at up to £135.4m, two years after the GP invested at a £65m EV

  • Exits
  • 12 April 2018
HMAS Perth is fitted with Kelvin Hughes radar systems
Endless exits Stirling Dynamics

GP's Enact Fund I has sold Stirling Dynamics to Ardian-backed Assystem Technologies

  • Exits
  • 09 April 2018
Multiples Heatmap in association with Clearwater International
European entry multiples hit new high in 2017 despite Q4 cooldown

Average EBITDA multiple increased to 10.4x in 2017 compared with 10.2x in 2016, according to the latest Clearwater Multiples Heatmap

  • Investments
  • 28 March 2018
Rotterdam city skyline
Alternative lending thrives in the Netherlands

Only the UK, France and Germany have seen more deals involving alternative debt, with Netherlands activity growing 31% year-on-year in 2017

  • Benelux
  • 13 March 2018
New hires and promotions
Clearwater hires Canaccord's O'Donnell

In his new role as partner, O’Donnell will be in charge of Clearwater's consumer sector practice

  • People
  • 08 March 2018
Office IT integration and systems management
NorthEdge makes 3.1x on sale of Jigsaw24 to Alcuin

Sale of the IT business brings to an end a five-year holding period for the vendor

  • Exits
  • 05 March 2018
Mountain photograph taken by Etienne Bosiger
European PE in 2017: Scaling new heights

Buyout activity and fundraising reached a new peak in 2017, with mega-buyouts and small-cap deals fueling dealflow and French funds popular among LPs

  • Performance
  • 16 February 2018
Dale Power Solutions provides emergency energy solutions to companies
NVM makes first deal from maiden LP-backed fund with Dale MBO

GP's first institutionally backed fund has held a first close and has a target of £150m

  • Buyouts
  • 07 February 2018
Cocktail bars and nightlife entertainment
Lonsdale acquires Simmons Bars

Deal is the fifth investment made by the GP's maiden fund, which closed on £110m in 2016

  • Buyouts
  • 05 February 2018
Doors and windows renovation and installation
NorthEdge reaps 3.5x on £70m sale of DW3 to Masonite

Divestment of the window and door manufacturer results in a 59% IRR following a 40-month tenure

  • Exits
  • 31 January 2018
Natasha Eden of Clearwater International
Clearwater promotes Eden to COO

Eden joined the business in 2014 following roles at Lloyds Bank, Close Brothers and Experian

  • People
  • 24 January 2018
Beinbauer Group is an automotive parts manufacturer
HIG buys Beinbauer from Orlando

Management team, headed by Tobias Lührig and Patric Meeth, will continue to lead the group

  • Buyouts
  • 16 January 2018
Gym equipment
Bridges-backed Viva Gym acquires Fitness Hut

Bridges made a further investment from Fund III to finance the bolt-on acquisition

  • Expansion
  • 09 January 2018
Cloud computing and hosting services
Tenzing invests in buyout of Converge TS

Acquisition of the cloud-based IT business is the GP's second investment from its maiden fund

  • Buyouts
  • 03 January 2018
New hires and promotions
Clearwater hires two for debt advisory team

Grassby and Rattan will join the debt advisory teams in Manchester and Birmingham respectively

  • People
  • 22 November 2017
Multiples Heatmap in association with Clearwater International
Average entry multiple climbs to 10.8x in Q2

Price inflation has led average European multiples to rise further in Q2, according to the latest unquote" and Clearwater Multiples Heatmap

  • Investments
  • 24 October 2017
Carve-outs and spin-outs
Corporate caution creating carve-out opportunities for PE

Political instability may trigger a raft of corporate divestments, from which PE could profit

  • Investments
  • 15 August 2017
Holiday homes and rented apartments
Investor influx drives southern European multiples upwards

Increasing global levels of dry powder are seeing international GPs setting their sights on southern Europe in search for value

  • Southern Europe
  • 03 July 2017
Multiples Heatmap in association with Clearwater International
Average multiples remain stable at 10.2x in Q1

European valuations keep track with 2016, but drop slightly compared to Q4 2016

  • GPs
  • 03 July 2017
Guy Bagshaw and John Clarke of LDC
LDC hires two investment directors

Duo will oversee £1.2bn of equity investments in British companies over the next three years

  • People
  • 07 April 2017
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