Morgan Stanley
MSPEA leads acquisition of Korres
MSPEA and Profex will respectively own 56% and 14% of holding company Nissos
CDPQ takes $400m stake in Hyperion
CDPQ joins the UK insurer alongside General Atlantic, which acquired a 33% stake in March 2013
Deal in Focus: BC-backed Sabre floats with £575m market cap
IPO of the insurance underwriter raised £206m to acquire shares owned by BC and other investors
PAI, Sagard to exit Kiloutou in €1.5bn deal
HLD Europe and the Dentressangle family holding take a majority of the equipment rental business
One Peak, Morgan Stanley invest €22m in Ecointense
Transaction constitutes an exit for BBAF and Wecken & Cie, while HTGF retains a significant stake
Verdane, Industrifonden exit Movimento to Delphi Automotive
Formerly Sweden-headquartered car software services provider sold after nearly a decade
Advent, Bain and ATP to float Nets
IPO aims to raise around DKK 5.5bn for the company and investors
CVC’s Avast in $1.3bn bid for AVG
Antivirus software developer, formerly owned by Enterprise Investors, is to be acquired by its Czech competitor
Goldman Sachs-backed Dong sets summer IPO
Government will retain a 50.1% stake in the national energy company after largest-ever Danish IPO
Nordic Capital’s Resurs valued at SEK 11bn in IPO
GP completes Stockholm listing of consumer finance business on same day of Tokmanni IPO in Helsinki
Nordic Capital to list Resurs in Stockholm
Intention to float announcement follows that of GP’s Finnish discount retailer Tokmanni
Actera in $800m exit of Mars Cinema Group
CEE-focused GP’s exit of Turkish cinema group is the largest in the region so far this year
HighQ raises $50m from One Peak et al.
London-based HighQ will use the $50m funding round to expand internationally
General Atlantic promotes Nikolay and Elchahal
Jörn Nikolay and Roni Elchahal promoted in Munich and London offices
EQT and Accent’s Scandic Hotels underwhelms in SEK 6.9bn IPO
Hotel group lists at bottom of price range
EQT’s Dometic valued at SEK 14.2bn in IPO
GP's EQT V vehicle retains up to 57% following listing
Apax’s Sophos valued at £1bn in IPO
LSE floatation raises £125m for cyber security company
Apax-backed Sophos seeks London listing
GP will exit company five years after €546m acquisition
Eilers and Maellare to head financial sponsors coverage at UBS
Matt Eilers and Simona Maellare join UBS's financial sponsors team
3i makes three hires across Europe and US
3i recruits Rinnert, Vos and Bernard to European and US offices
Morgan Stanley bolsters London PE team
Frederik Wijsenbeek hired as executive director in London office
European private equity outlook: building on the momentum
A look ahead at what is in store for European private equity in 2015
Exponent’s Trainline goes to KKR
Exponent’s Trainline has ditched plans to list and has been sold to KKR
Altor’s OW Bunker faces DKK 654m bankruptcy claim
Further DKK 803m demands put forward by 25 institutional investors