Analysis/Buyouts
Deal in Focus: Solina returns to Ardian after four-year build-up
IK's sale of Solina marks Ardian’s full return to an asset it partially left in late 2011
Deal in Focus: Sun shines on Finlays flowers
Sun European's investment in Finlays' highlights growing appetite for flower assets
Origination: Carve-outs and take-privates
Part five of our Origination Series looks at take-privates and carve-outs
Origination: Pass-the-parcel deals
Part four of our Origination Series looks at secondary buyouts
Origination: Sourcing deals behind closed doors
Part three of our Origination Series looks at off-market deals
Origination: perfecting processes
Part two of our Origination Series looks at processes and intermediaries
Origination: tackling the valuations conundrum
Part one of our Origination Series looks at current valuation levels
Deal in Focus: Polaris’s Mols-Linien deal clears stormy weather
Polaris has had to navigate choppy water with Mols-Linien, but calmer waters await
UK private equity: small is beautiful
Two reports find that UK SMEs are confident on growth and open to external financing
Navigating privatisation opportunities in Belgium
Privatisation opportunities could shake up this quiet market
Investment opportunities scant in Germany – Lyrique’s van Swaay
Lyrique's Hans van Swaay discusses the challenges for private equity in the DACH region
Private equity’s beefiest burger buyouts
A look back at private equity's best burger deals
German buyout market: stirring back to life?
Dealflow rose by more than a quarter in the first six months of 2015 compared to H2 2014
Deal in Focus: Allianz et al. buy Tank & Rast from Terra Firma
Terra Firma's sale of Autobahn Tank & Rast marks the largest buyout recorded in Germany in nearly 10 years
Debt: borrowing terms improve as competition intensifies
European PE houses set to benefit from increasingly borrower-friendly environment for remainder of 2015
Personal contributions: keeping skin in the game
GP contributions are dwindling, to the industry's detriment
Uncertain road ahead for French private equity
Deal volume might well be back but the future of French private equity remains uncertain
French market springs back to life, but for how long?
Recent deal surge in France shows a market returning to pre-crisis levels
Deal in Focus: TDR in record-breaking €3.7bn LBO for LeasePlan
First buyout to break the €3bn mark in 2015, according to unquote” data
Deal in Focus: Blackstone sells Vitalia to CVC’s Vedici
Transaction mirrors consolidation trend in French private hospitalisation sector
Mega-buyout bonanza: Q2's five largest deals
Taking stock of the five largest European buyouts inked in the past quarter
Mid-cap PE valuations back to pre-crisis heights – Argos research
PE houses and corporates neck and neck on pricing
DACH region ends Q2 on high with flurry of deals
Late surge of German large-cap buyouts sees overall value jump in Q2
Deal in Focus: PE kickstarts Italian banking consolidation with ICBPI deal
Acquisition comes months after Renzi's government passes banking reforms
