Pan-European private capital manager Metric Capital Partners has partnered with growth investor Scope to invest in high-end Danish toy brand Maileg. The deal – whose value is undisclosed – is Metric Capital’s third investment in the Nordics since 2013. The most recently published financials for Maileg last year were €35
Public-to-private transactions and carve-out deals within the private equity healthcare space tripled last year amid an increasingly challenging market landscape, according to a report by Institutional Investor. Citing a new study by Bain & Company, it noted inflation and uncertainty are now pushing PE firms to do all-equity and club
The Carlyle Group has dropped its long-planned investment in healthcare analytics company Cotiviti, despite having lined up $5.5 billion in debt and a $1 billion preferred stock investment for the deal, according to a report by the Financial Times. Carlyle had reportedly sought to lower its purchase price late in
The first quarter of 2023 marked an unprecedented fifth consecutive quarter of pull-backs in private equity investment, according to a report by Bloomberg. M&A deals slumped to $559 billion across 12,200 deals during Q1 this year – the third-lowest M&A deal volume in a single quarter this decade. Almost $182
CVC Credit is supporting KKR’s acquisition of French insurance broker-distributor April Group with the commitment of senior credit facilities. CVC’s Private Equity business, through CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, acquired April – which is France’s second largest insurance broker-distributor with €1.5bn premiums in 2022 – in June 2019 from its
TOP STORY: Energy-focused private equity buyout firm NGP Energy Capital Management is considering the potential sale of two Permian basin-focused oil producers, which could realise combined proceeds in excess of $7 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
Private-equity major KKR is closing in on a deal to acquire a significant stake in FGS Global that will value the financial communications company, which is backed by UK advertising group WPP, at about $1.4 billion, according to a report by The Financial Times. Unnamed FT sources have revealed the
Aurelius has acquired Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s integrated airline catering and onboard retail provider the LSG Group. The transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, is subject to approval by the relevant competition and regulatory authorities. The carve-out transaction includes all classic catering, onboard retail
Audax Private Equity, a private investment firm focused on North American middle market companies, has acquired specialist distribution platform Krayden, Inc from private equity firm Quad-C Management.Â
Quadrivio Group’s Industry 4.0 fund, a private equity vehicle investing in digital transition and technological innovation for Italian SMEs, is to sell EPI, an Italian company that specialises in the sale of sports merchandise for Serie A football clubs, to Fanatics, a global specialist in licensed sports merchandise with operations
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