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EQT’s EQT VIII fund is to sell Schülke, a provider of infection prevention and treatment solutions for the healthcare industry, to a consortium led by ATHOS, a Munich-based single family office, along with other co-investors such as Bitburger Holding.
Private equity investment firm Cornerstone Investment Management and Kartesia, a European specialist financing provider, have acquired Ecowipes Group, a producer of bio-degradable wet wipes and other products.
Kainos Capital, a food and consumer-focused private equity firm, has appointed Doug Reader as a Senior Managing Director. Reader will lead the firm’s Operations Team and serve as a strategic partner to portfolio companies.
Shawbrook Group, a UK-based small business lender backed by private equity firms including BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital, is planning a £3.5bn merger with Co-operative Bank in what would be one of the most significant UK banking deals since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a report by The Telegraph.
KKR & Co is planning a take-private deal for German space and technology company OHB SE alongside the firm’s founding family, which values the business at around €1bn including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Shares in Australian later-life care provider Estia Health have risen to a near five-year high after global private equity firm Bain Capital agreed to pay AUD838m ($551.3m) to acquire the business, according to a report by Reuters.
Delays in the auction process for Subway have prompted US buyout firm Advent to stop working on a potential deal to acquire the sandwich chain, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Investment banks and advisory firms are cautiously optimistic that markets will modestly revive through the second half of 2023, despite the current economic uncertainty, with 58% of senior executives expecting only a mild dip in business opportunities, according to a survey by Acuity Knowledge Partners.
Alternative credit manager Pemberton Asset Management (Pemberton) has provided financing to support its first ever UK public-to-private (P2P) transaction – the acquisition of compliance and energy services business Sureserve Group by pan-European private equity firm Cap10.
TOP STORY: KKR & Co Inc is in advanced talks over $1.65bn deal to acquire book publisher Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global after beating off competition from other bidders, according to a report by Reuters.
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