Toby Lewis
Despite the credit squeeze the European mid-market continues to recruit.
Buyout executives at a conference in Munich are attempting to talk up the opportunities that are available in today’s troubled markets, although Alchemy Partners’ Jon Moulton dwelled on the bad news that is to come.
The Asia push comes as the firm is looking to buy a 25 percent stake in UK insurance company Towergate.
The Asia push comes as the firm is looking to buy a 25 percent stake in UK insurance company Towergate.
The cut-price sale may provide the first signs of changed vendor expectations since credit market problems began in August.
The cut-price sale may provide the first signs of changed vendor expectations since credit market problems began in August.
The UK mid-market firm has sold event company Clarion Events having made eight bolt-on acquisitions for the company in pursuit of international expansion.
The buyout firms selling the satellite operator for $16.5 billion have benefitted from their lenders’ decision to part-finance the BC Partners-led acquisition agreed shortly before the credit crunch.
South Korea’s National Pension Service has sparked off a fundraising drive for buyouts in South Korea shortly after US buyout firm Lone Star was found guilty of stock price manipulation in the country.
South Korea’s National Pension Service has sparked off a fundraising drive for buyouts in South Korea shortly after US buyout firm Lone Star was found guilty of stock price manipulation in the country.