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Venture capital firm Candover has agreed two disposals that should result in a cash inflow of £46.2m. The disposal of its Ontex stake should bring in £26.4m, of which £16.4m will be paid on completion, and the deal is expected to be completed by the end of November. Ontex is a European manufacture
Read morePrivate equity firm Candover Investments has agreed to sell its Equity Trust business to rival Doughty Hanson for an enterprise value of €350m that should bring in an estimated €24.2m (£19.9m) in cash. Equity Trust provides complex, high-end business administration and fiduciary services. Its sale
Read more(Adds detail.) By Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--European private equity buyouts continue to gather steam, with activity fueled by a string of "pass-the-parcel" deals in which private equity firms sell on to each other rather than trade buyers or to the public
Read moreLONDON (Dow Jones)--European private equity buyouts continue to gather steam with activity fueled by a string of 'pass the parcel' deals in which private equity firms sell on to each other rather than trade buyers or to the public markets in an initial public offering, according to a study released
Read moreBy Carol Dean and Ainsley Thomson Of Dow Jones Newswires LONDON (Dow Jones)--TPG Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) are financing their buyout of Belgium-based nappy producer Ontex with a EUR650 million loan financing that was launched into syndication yesterday, said one person familiar
Read more(Adds detail.) By Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Conversus Capital (CCAP.AE) Monday said it will continue to manage its mature portfolio by receiving fund distributions rather than making new investments as it reported a 1.46% rise in net asset value for the t
Read moreBy Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Conversus Capital (CCAP.AE) Monday said it will continue to sell assets rather than make new investments as it reported a 1.46% rise in net asset value for the three months to June 30. The U.S. private equity firm, which liste
Read more(Adds detail.) By Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Lion Capital is in exclusive talks to buy Picard Surgeles, the French frozen foods company being sold by BC Partners, in a deal worth EUR1.5 billion, people familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Mon
Read moreBy Marietta Cauchi Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Lion Capital is in exclusive talks to buy Picard Surgeles, the French frozen foods company being sold by BC Partners, in a deal worth EUR1.5 billion, people familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Monday. Lion Capi
Read moreBy Hester Plumridge A DOW JONES COLUMN Candover Investments (CDI.LN) shareholders have had a terrible crisis--and it isn't over yet. The U.K.-listed private-equity group's shares have fallen 70% from their 2008 peak. Now bondholders have dashed hopes of a takeover by Alberta Investment Manag
Read moreFootsie closed in the red going into the weekend despite a good start as early optimism in the US earnings season gave way to doubts. Results from banks Citigroup and Bank of America and the conglomerate GE were poorly received, sending US shares plunging. Here, BP climbed after saying that it ye
Read moreFootsie has dipped into the red following a poor start on Wall Street on the back of poorly received company updates as the earnings season picks up pace. Results from banks Citigroup and Bank of America and the conglomerate GE have been poorly received, sending US shares plunging. Here, BP is hi
Read moreLondon's blue chips are having a good day, largely on the back of BP shares' enthusiastic response to the better news coming out of the Gulf of Mexico. BP yesterday succeeded in stopping the flow of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months. The shutdown is part of an "
Read more(Adds detail) By Steve McGrath and Jessica Hodgson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Listed private equity fund Candover Investments PLC (CDI.LN) Friday said takeover talks with an un-named suitor had ended after the bidder was asked to clarify its position. The talks, whi
Read moreLondon's top stocks have opened higher as BP again leads the way on optimism over its efforts to cap the well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP yesterday succeeded in stopping the flow of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months. The shutdown is part of an "integrity test" to
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