Investment firm KKR has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Alliance Tire Group (ATG) from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus. Yogesh Mahansaria, founder of ATG, will continue to maintain an ownership stake in the company and partner with KKR to continue to grow the business.
The NHS reforms implemented on 1 April mark a major move towards centralisation of procurement of secure and other specialised mental health hospital services in England, which is now one of the tasks of the new NHS Commissioning Board under what promises to be a highly centralised commissioning regime.
Private equity firm Graphite Capital has sold its majority shareholding in Optimum Care, a provider of homes and care to elderly residents, to Four Seasons Health Care, the UK’s largest independent elderly and specialist care provider, which is owned by Terra Firma. Optimum, which was created in June 2007,
AXA Private Equity, a European diversified private equity firm, has sold its majority stake in Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries, the US industrial group which specialises in powersports. Aixam Mega is a European company which produces on-road motorized quadricycles and light duty commercial vehicles. Founded in 1983, the company
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education, has acquired kidsunlimited, one of the UK’s largest providers of nursery care, for a cash consideration of GBP45m. The acquisition provides an exit for kidsunlimited’s private equity investor, LDC, which backed a secondary buyout of the business
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer products companies, has completed the acquisition of Caleel + Hayden Holdings, d.b.a gloProfessional. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. "Swander Pace’s reputation and track record with respected brands in the beauty and personal care
Carne Group, a provider of governance and oversight services to the global funds industry, has appointed Jean de Courrèges as a director within its international team of independent fund directors. Courrèges brings to Carne more than 30 years in banking and portfolio management in North America, Europe and Asia,
Media technology company Sticky has closed a USD3m funding round with European tech investors Conor and Northzone. Sticky claims that over 50 per cent of online impressions are never seen, while 30 per cent of those impressions that are considered “viewable” (in-screen) are also never seen. Sticky is designed
The first quarter of 2013 saw an aggregate USD9.7bn raised by six natural resources funds, the highest quarterly amount since the peak of USD16.6bn seen in Q2 2009. The significant USD9.7bn raised by private equity natural resources funds that closed in Q1 2013 already exceeds the aggregate amount of
Huron Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Ronnoco Coffee, has acquired International Blends, a distributor of coffee and other related products to convenience stores, restaurants and offices. The transaction brings Ronnoco and International Blends together and expands Ronnoco’s service area in its core markets. Scott Meader, chief executive of Ronnoco,
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