Topic: Private Equity Firms

Deal to generate 24 million euros cash proceeds. . * Doughty Hanson plans to merge business with TMF. . . Private equity firm Candover Investments...

Italian banks to set up €400m private equity fund

A trio of Italian banks are to set up a €400m private equity fund, according to the Wall Street Journal. Assicurazioni Generali, Veneto Banca and ...
Italy's thriving gambling market could soon see consolidation after Sisal, a betting shop owned by UK private equity firms Permira and Apax...

Lion Capital readies Dutch retailer Hema for sale

Consumer sector-focused private equity firm Lion Capital is to sell Dutch retailer Hama, according to reports. The firm is expected to value the...

EU Punts Again on Question of Hedge Fund Passport

Forbes - The EU has again postponed a planned vote on a new EU-wide regime for the registration and regulation of hedge funds and their managers...

PE deals zoom seven-fold to over $1-bn

Agencies . Private equity firms have invested over USD 1 billion in Indian companies in August, more than 7 per cent from the year-ago period, with ...
Mountain Acquisition Corp. and Mountain Merger Sub Corp., affiliates of Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P. (“Vestar”) formed for the purpose of...
Two of the world's biggest private equity firms, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and TPG, are potentially interested in Foster's wine business, but they...
By Laura Kreutzer and Sabrina Willmer, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal. . Raising a venture capital fund these days is no easy feat. But a small...

Actis acquires West African clothes company for $151m

Emerging markets-focused private equity firm Actis has acquired Vlisco Group, a West African manufacturer of designer wax fashion fabrics, for...