by Sebastian | Jul 9, 2021 | News
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has agreed to sell U-POL, a manufacturer and distributor of automotive repair and refinishing products, to Axalta Coating Systems. Headquartered in Philadelphia, United States, Axalta is a global...
by Sebastian | Jul 9, 2021 | News
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, provided £180m of investment to back eight new management teams and to support its portfolio companies in the first half of 2021. The firm said its eight new investments demonstrated an ‘increasing appetite and...
by Sebastian | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Parexel, owned for the past four years by Pamplona Capital, was seeking a sale or an IPO. Today, the rumors stopped as the CRO loudly declared it is being bought out for $8.5bn by EQT and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The deal gives Pamplona a healthy return on the...
by Sebastian | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Buyout group BC Partners has launched an auction process for Ceramtec in a deal that could value the German maker of industrial ceramics at roughly $4.1bn including debt, people close to the matter said. Ceramtec’s products are used in artificial hips and dental...
by Sebastian | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Global investment management house Blackstone has acquired a leading provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) software, data, and consulting services, from Genstar Capital. The deal values the acquired business, Sphera, at $1.4bn. With its head office...
by Sebastian | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Private-equity fundraising is surging as the U.S. economic recovery takes root, with the industry on pace to challenge its best year ever for gathering capital. Private-equity funds world-wide, including venture capital vehicles, closed on $459 billion this year...
