A consortium comprising F2i – Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture SGR SpA – and AXA Private Equity, has signed an agreement to purchase Italian gas distributor G6 Rete Gas SpA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GDF Suez Energia Italia SpA. The enterprise value of the deal is EUR772 million and is
Research In Motion has acquired Scoreloop AG, a leading independent platform for mobile social gaming. "As part of RIM, Scoreloop will be in the unique position to integrate deeply at the operating system level and leverage their entire ecosystem across the board,“ says Olaf Jacobi, Partner at Target Partners. Roland
HarbourVest Partners, LLC (HarbourVest) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE) have published an offer prospectus in respect of the public tender offer by HarbourVest Acquisition GmbH (HarbourVest Acquisition) for all bearer shares of Absolute Private Equity Ltd (Absolute) currently in circulation. Absolute is an investment company located in
Carlyle’s decision to sell Moncler in a secondary buyout is consistent with a pattern we have seen established in the Europe over the last 12-18 months, says Ed Griffiths, private equity partner at DLA Piper… The continued prevalence of buyouts or trade sales highlights the unease felt within the Private
Henning Gebhardt (pictured), head of European equities at DWS Investments, looks at why investors are continuing to see Germany as the European growth engine… The German economy continues to boom. Just a few weeks ago leading German economic research houses raised their forecasts for the German GDP growth to 2.8%.
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organisation, has led a USD13 million investment in Aldebaran Robotics, the world-leading European humanoid robotics company. The investment is Intel Capital’s first within the robotics industry and demonstrates its commitment to supporting innovative businesses and to advancing new classes of computing devices. Aldebaran Robotics currently
A select group of innovative businesses in the UK planning for rapid expansion in world markets are being given access to a new funding package from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks. The banks’ Growth Finance programme is designed for companies with rapid sales growth and which are expecting to deliver profits
Better Capital’s BECAP Fund has advanced GBP6m to allow one of its portfolio investments, Calyx Software Limited to make two strategic, bolt-on acquisitions. The first acquisition comprises certain of the assets and obligations of a division of Touchstone Group Plc (Touchstone). This division of Touchstone is a leading supplier of
Eurazeo, Remo Ruffini, Carlyle and Brands Partners 2 have reached an agreement for Eurazeo to acquire a 45% stake in Moncler, the luxury apparel group, for a price of EUR418m. Remo Ruffini, the Chairman and Creative Director, will retain a 32% stake in the Company and Carlyle a 17.8% stake.
The Jones Group Inc has acquired Kurt Geiger, Europe’s largest luxury shoe retailer based in the United Kingdom, from Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity firm, for approximately USD350 million (or GBP215 million) in cash, inclusive of debt acquired. The transaction, which was financed with cash on hand,
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