AXA Private Equity has signed an agreement with Equistone Partners Europe and the management team of Alvest to sell the company’s entire capital to LBO France. AXA Private Equity first invested in Alvest six years ago and has since actively supported its management in the company’s international development strategy. The

Falconhead Capital, a private equity firm specialising in growing consumer-focused businesses, has sold its portfolio company Competitor Group to Calera Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in San Diego, Competitor Group is an endurance media and event entertainment company dedicated to promoting the sports of

Mid-market business management solutions provider Access Group has acquired fundraising and CRM software specialist thankQ in a GBP2.7m deal. The acquisition, which is the seventh deal for Access in the past 12 months, sees the group strengthen its not-for-profit (NFP) offering, where it already has over 530 customers using its

Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has invested GBP6.25m of growth capital for a minority stake in London-based Peyton and Byrne, the restaurant group, retail bakery and events business. Peyton and Byrne operates in three distinct areas. It currently operates

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has completed the sale of Anthony International, a manufacturer of glass doors and related products serving the commercial refrigeration market, to Dover Corporation for USD602.5m, subject to normal closing adjustments. Since Avista acquired Anthony in June 2011, the company has achieved significant growth. Anthony’s

Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has delivered its third exit in six months with an exit from its conference and training venues business, etc business. The management team has carried out a secondary buyout of the business which sees Dunedin realise a money multiple of more than 3x

CSG Partners, the New York-based boutique investment bank, acted as the exclusive financial adviser for a USD11m senior debt financing for Ambertek’s acquisition of SS Equipment Services (SSE).  SSE is headquartered in Cotulla, Texas and is an oil field services company focused on providing critical pre- and post-drilling construction services

Seventy per cent of institutional investors in North America and Europe recommend that a Latin American company pursue an initial public offering in today’s capital markets, according to a survey released by JP Morgan’s depositary receipts (DR) business. Survey participants, who were interviewed in September 2012, believe that despite significant