Almost half of M&A executives in Europe expect a rise in transactions over the coming year, with the German-speaking countries remaining the driver of the market. That is the conclusion of the M&A Outlook study, for which international commercial law firm CMS surveyed 225 representatives of companies, private equity houses
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is to acquire John Deere Landscapes (JDL), a unit of Deere & Company's agriculture and turf segment. Deere will initially retain a 40 per cent ownership stake in the new standalone company. The carve-out transaction is valued at approximately USD465m. With over USD1bn in
KKR has invested in wireless infrastructure businesses managed by Associated Partners. Under the agreements, KKR has made minority investments in PEG Bandwidth, AP Wireless and AP Towers. PEG Bandwidth designs, builds and operates Ethernet backhaul networks connecting wireless communications towers to the data fibre backbone, principally in rural geographies.
Mid-market private equity activity in the US improved in the third quarter, according to a report issued by BMO Harris Bank. Deal activity picked up, particularly in healthcare and software sectors, buoyed by debt markets that are clearly open for business. "It was a good quarter, punctuated by a
Cinven portfolio comapany Host Europe Group has acquired domainfactory for an undisclosed consideration. domainfactory currently manages 1.1 million domains and serves approximately 173,000 customers – mostly in the small and medium enterprises and private professional market segments. This transaction follows the recent acquisition by Host Europe Group of Telefónica
European venture capital fundraising declined from 2Q 2013 and 3Q 2012 both in the number of funds and amount raised, according to DJX VentureSource’s latest Europe venture capital report. Venture capital investment into European companies experienced a quarter over quarter decline. Business and financial services and energy and utilities
Record levels of cash on balance sheets and increasing boardroom confidence will fuel M&A growth, according to a report from law firm Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovell’s latest Evolution Report examines the conditions required to reignite the global economy, through a survey of 240 board level members at leading global companies.
Management consultancy JMJ Associates has agreed to an equity investment from 3i Group, a London-headquartered international private equity investor. Following JMJ's recent strong growth, the current shareholders of JMJ decided to seek an investor to support the continuing expansion of its international footprint. 3i will support JMJ's next stage of
Odyssey Investment Partners is to sell its portfolio company One Call Care Management to Funds advised by Apax Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, One Call is a provider of specialised cost containment services to the workers' compensation industry. In December
Idinvest Partners, a private equity firm specialising in French and European SMEs, has held the initial close of its Idinvest Digital Fund II at EUR60m. The fund is exclusively dedicated to financing the growth of developing businesses in the digital and new technology segments (web-based, media, mobile, e-commerce services and
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