Along with co-investor Cinven, Candover has also announced the sale of a £200m stake in UK bingo operator Gala to Permira in a deal which values the company at £1.9bn.
The private equity firms have purchased the semiconductor division of Palo Alto-based Agilent Technologies for $2.7bn, approximately 10x EBITDA.
Roark Capital Group has made the first acquisition from its $430m first institutional fund and its sixth franchise buy since November 2001.
The Scandinavian-headquartered life sciences venture capital firm has held a second closing of its fourth healthcare fund.
Legacy Partners, a California-based real estate investment specialist, has exceeded its target for a property-focused private equity fund.
The Hirschmann family business Jet Aviation has sold a majority stake in its business aviation firm to Permira funds following a lengthy period of speculation over its future.
During an intensive period of activity in the energy sector, LS Power Group has completed a $1.2bn final close of its oversubscribed power sector-focused fund.
The 2005 global private equity fundraising bonanza continues with news that Warburg Pincus has closed its largest ever vehicle.
The New York-based domain name and hosting business has agreed to be acquired for $7.81 per share in an all-cash deal.
The global investment bank has raised its first private equity fund dedicated to Asia, according to a report.
The Hong Kong-based venture capital firm that spun out of Softbank has beaten an original $400m target to raise $643m, luring a raft of new international investors.
Adam Blumenthal and Josh Wolf-Powers, former investment professionals for the Comptroller of the City of New York, have left the pension advisor to launch an independent private equity firm that will focus on ‘complex situations’.
Debt and distressed player GSC Partners is launching a hedge fund – and picking up two distressed pros to help. By Aaron Lovell.
The Sydney-based buyout firm has A$950m of fresh capital at its disposal after a fundraising that saw the firm successfully target European investors for the first time.
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has closed its fourth real estate fund on $950m.