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Bain Capital closes in on Priory
More than four months after reports suggested that private equity firms were among the front runners to snap up mental healthcare provider Priory Group, Bain Capital has emerged as the clear favourite.
Lion Capital considering Hema exit
Lion Capital has announced it is looking to sell its stake in Dutch general retailer Hema
ICG buys RBS €1.4bn credit portfolio
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has signed a deal to acquire the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) €1.4bn portfolio of European loans.
Advent and Bain’s long battle for RBS WorldPay
Advent International and Bain Capital have acquired card payment service provider RBS WorldPay from The Royal Bank of Scotland, for an enterprise value of £2.025bn, making it the largest deal in the UK for almost three years.
Advent and Bain in £2bn RBS deal
Advent International and Bain Capital are set to acquire the Global Merchant Services operation of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in a deal worth £2bn, according to reports.
Permira looking to acquire stake in Vue
Permira is interested in backing an MBO of the Vue cinema chain, according to reports.
ISIS Equity sells Occam DM Ltd for £12m
UK-based ISIS Equity Partners has received £12m for its sale of Occam Direct Marketing Ltd to marketing and printing services company St Ives Group.
Warburg Pincus drops out of RBS WorldPay sale
Warburg Pincus has reportedly dropped out of bidding to buy Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) WorldPay division.
RBS in possible sale of European portfolio
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is discussing a possible sale of its European private equity portfolio to Alpinvest Partners N.V.
PE bidders in the running to acquire Priory Group
A number of private equity groups are believed to be in the running to pick up Royal Bank of Scotland's healthcare operator Priory Group.
Permira teams up with AMEX for RBS WorldPay bid
Permira and American Express are thought to have partnered to make a bid for Royal Bank of Scotland’s payment processing business.
Blackstone and Wellcome Trust drop bid for RBS assets
Blackstone and UK medical research charity Wellcome Trust have dropped a bid for 318 branches of the Royal Bank of Scotland up for sale.
Blackstone and Wellcome team up for RBS branch bid
Blackstone and The Wellcome Trust are set to make a joint bid for Williams & Glyn’s, the small business network put on sale by RBS.
Phoenix acquires Andrew Page in £100m transaction
UK-based Phoenix Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in automotive parts distributor Andrew Page in a £100m deal.
Bowmark Capital backs £48m Leaders MBO
Bowmark Capital has backed the £48m management buyout of specialist lettings agency Leaders from RO Group, a property investment and development business.
US house targets Liverpool FC
Private equity firm Rhone Group has reportedly made a £118.5m bid for a 40% stake in Liverpool FC.
Sovereign-backed EEG acquires Future Environmental Services assets
Sovereign Capital-backed Euro Environmental Group (EEG) has acquired certain trading assets from Future Environmental Services.
3i loses control of Global Garden Products
3i has lost control of its Italian lawnmower manufacturer Global Garden Products (GGP), which has been taken over by its senior lenders during the company’s restructuring process.
Yorkshire Bank appoints RBS' Corcoran as Midlands director
Yorkshire Bank has hired Peter Corcoran to the role of area director in the Midlands.
Duke Street acquires Payzone in €104m restructuring deal
Duke Street has acquired a 69% stake in AIM-listed payment network Payzone Group as part of a €104m restructuring deal that will see the value of existing shareholder Balderton Capital's stake wiped out.
Blackstone, TPG, KKR show interest in RBS' WorldPay
Private equity heavyweights including Blackstone, TPG, KKR and Permira are reportedly among those interested in purchasing RBS' $3bn global-card processing unit.
Sovereign Capital-backed Laurel makes three bolt-on acquisitions
Sovereign Capital-backed Laurel, the funeral group, has added three separate funeral directors to its business: John Stuart Funeral Services, CS Bowyer and KY Green Limited.
Endless refinances Crown Paints with £25m of new debt from RBS
Turnaround investor Endless has agreed to a refinancing of portfolio company Crown Paints Limited, the UK's largest decorative coatings manufacturer, which will see RBS inject £25m of new facilities into the business.
Advent buys Duke Street's Xafinity
Duke Street has completed its exit of Xafinity, the specialist pension services and employee benefits group, through a secondary buyout to Advent International in a deal of undisclosed value - the second SBO in two days.