James Taylor
India continues to be an increasingly attractive prospect for venture capitalists. The first quarter saw an increase in investment, while the number of successful exits offers further cause for optimism.
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has provided another demonstration of private equity’s appetite for healthcare businesses, buying US-based Universal Hospital Services for $712 million.
The Private Equity Foundation, the industry’s recently-launched charitable initiative, has hired Shaks Ghosh, the former head of homelessness charity Crisis, to be its first chief executive.
India continues to be an increasingly attractive prospect for venture capitalists. The first quarter saw an increase in investment, while the number of successful exits offers further cause for optimism.
UK buyout firm TowerBrook Capital has recruited a new chief executive to run luxury goods retailer Jimmy Choo, allowing former head Robert Bensoussan to explore further acquisitions in the sector alongside the buyout firm.
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing out in the battle for Sainsbury’s by turning its attentions to Altadis, a Spanish tobacco company.
UK buyout firm TowerBrook Capital has recruited a new chief executive to run luxury goods retailer Jimmy Choo, allowing former head Robert Bensoussan to explore further acquisitions in the sector alongside the buyout firm.
CVC Capital Partners is reportedly looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing out in the battle for Sainsbury’s by turning its attentions to Altadis, a Spanish tobacco company.
Shareholders in Countrywide, a UK estate agency, voted overwhelmingly in favour of Apollo Management’s £1.05 billion offer today. The US buyout firm had been forced to sweeten its bid yesterday to fend off an eleventh hour approach from an unnamed suitor – reportedly UK group 3i.
An aggrieved shareholder has launched a lawsuit against US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts over its potential $29 billion deal for US firm First Data, on the grounds that the proposed bid is too low.