Robert Venes
As of Friday 23rd December, there will be no further Daily Digests for 2005. Daily Digests will resume in the new year on Tuesday 3rd January 2006. There will be a Friday newsletter rounding up next week’s news on 30th December.
A UK private equity group is considering legal action against the previous shareholders of the UK off-licence chain Unwins.
Private equity-backed M&A increased markedly in 2005 with Europe seeing the lion’s share of deal volume.
While the buyouts business in the Central and Eastern European region continues to attract investors, efforts are also underway to foster the development of small and medium-sized local enterprises. By Judy Kuan.
The Sydney-based private equity firm has made a second bid to take control of Wattyl.
The Paris office of the European buyout firm is to sell Marie Brizard to French trade buyer Belvedere.
The US-based private equity house has hired the former CFO of Bank of America to boost its leveraged finance operations.
ABN AMRO Capital has agreed the secondary buyout of UK automotive refinish manufacturer U-POL from Graphite Capital.
CAM Private Equity has closed its latest fund of funds vehicle more than €100 million above its original target.
Japanese private equity expert Simon Chadwick has been hired to strengthen the placement agent’s London office.