by Mafalda Matos | Dec 19, 2019 | DPEC, GPEC, News
Dbag Fund VIII, which is targeting €1.1bn in total, has already exceeded its predecessor Deutsche Beteiligungs (Dbag) has launched a new fund with capital commitments of more than €1bn, with the private equity firm co-investing €255m alongside investors. Dbag...
by Mafalda Matos | Dec 19, 2019 | GPEC, News
U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is nearing a deal to acquire the auto-trading unit of German classifieds company Scout24 AG, people familiar with the matter said. The proposed purchase by H&F, which beat out several rival suitors for AutoScout24,...
by Mafalda Matos | Dec 19, 2019 | DPEC, GPEC, News
German perfume and cosmetics retailer Douglas has set the scene for a possible return to the stock market by growing strongly online, although a decision rests with private equity owners CVC Capital, its chief executive said. “We have brought this company to excellent...
by Mafalda Matos | Dec 19, 2019 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
The record-setting sums raised by Blackstone and other large private equity firms this year are unlikely to be matched in 2020, according to PitchBook. Private equity fundraising in North America and Europe hit another all-time high in 2019, driven in part by...
by Mafalda Matos | Dec 12, 2019 | FPEC, GPEC, News
French private equity group Ardian has become the new anchor shareholder of German EWE, the regional utility said on Friday, in a deal sources said was worth up to 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion). Ardian, through its infrastructure arm, is buying a 26% stake in EWE...
by Mafalda Matos | Dec 5, 2019 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
According to Silverfleet Capital’s monitor, there were 368 add-on deals in the first half of 2019 Private equity-backed companies in Europe made 368 add-on acquisitions in the first half of the year — the highest ever recorded for the period since 1998, according to...
