Toby Lewis

The €365m fund, which invests in special situations and turnarounds, has bought a non-core engine cooling asset owned by Valeo, a French automotive group.

The UK venture firm has changed its management structure to help it raise another materials science and medical technology fund. It will be the firm’s second fundraising this year.

Investors provided the bank with €2bn of funds as it continues to look towards a flotation after postponing its IPO last year.

The global buyout firm has hired Telecom Italia's former chief executive officer, Riccardo Ruggiero, as it continues to actively target the telecom, tech and media sectors.

The buyout firm acquired the debt relating to its £360m buyout of Fat Face. Bridgepoint used its fund, unlike the first more controversial debt buyback by Danish telecoms company TDC, which funded its purchase from its balance sheet.

The two firms plan to expand Jeckerson in Italy and internationally backing the company’s management with an increase in marketing and advertising budgets.

The years leading up to 2007 generated rising returns for buyout firms, as investors made use of highly favourable conditions in the credit markets.

The Dubai Holding-owned buyout firm and the Egyptian firm have partnered sealing another private equity deal in the increasingly active Egyptian buyout market.

The private equity-backed media company has recruited Ynon Kreiz, who left Balderton Capital, a European venture firm, last year. Endemol’s banks are reportedly selling their €2.6bn loans at nearly a 20 percent discount.

The captive arm of the emerging markets fund manager has tapped increasing demand to invest in emerging markets, nearly quadrupling the size of its previous fund and raising more than 60 percent from new investors.