Ohio private equity firm The Riverside Company exited its Health & Safety Institute, an Oregon-based provider of CPR, EMT and other healthcare training materials, after a six-year hold. Although specifics of the deal were not publicized, the company increased revenues about 25% and Ebitda grew more than 126%, the PE firm said in a press […]
H.I.G. Capital has completed its acquisition of InterDent Inc., a dental practice support organization. Terms of the deal were not released. Based in Inglewood, Calif., InterDent operates primarily under the Gentle Dental brand name. PRESS RELEASE H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, announced today that an affiliate has completed the acquisition […]
View 500+ properties online via a handset device the size of a baseball card? Don't laugh--Zillow's quarterly report shows a permanent shift in online consumption, and thanks to the Jobs Act, Trulia will have just a few weeks to explain and justify its business model to prospective shareholders.
Chinese oil trader Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co Ltd has agreed to buy control of Hong Kong-listed Titan Petrochemicals Group Ltd, a debt-laden shipping and oil storage company, but the deal could be derailed by a liquidation suit from U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The acquisition will be subject to a dismissal of the Warburg […]
Carlyle's results are in--and the money tree is having a slight drought, it seems...
Private equity firm Patron Capital said it would terminate takeover talks with Goals Soccer Centres Plc and that it would not make an offer for the British operator of recreational football centres. Last month, Goals Soccer Centres, which runs five-a-side football centres in the United Kingdom, accepted a 73.1 million pound buyout offer from the […]
A consortium including Chinook Urban Mining and JP Morgan has made a 520 million pound ($813.82 million) cash offer for British waste manager Biffa, the Guardian reported on Wednesday. Its owners, Montagu Private Equity and Global Infrastructure Partners, received a bid from a consortium of Chinook, the London-based recycling specialist, private equity investor Clearbrook Capital […]
Private equity firm Asia Alternatives said on Wednesday it has raised more than $1.5 billion in new funds to invest into fund managers across Asia, with around 75% of its existing investors committing to the new funds, underlining the continuing appetite for Asia growth, Reuters reported Wednesday. Investors in the Asia Alternatives funds include state […]
Outback Steakhouse operator Bloomin’ Brands Inc. scaled back its initial public offering, selling fewer shares at below the forecast range to raise $176 million, down from $300 million expected, according to an underwriter.
The European Commission cleared Guernsey-based investment fund EQT VI‘s purchase of Dutch and German bandage and plaster cast maker BSN Medical, the EU’s executive arm said in a statement on Wednesday. The deal, worth an estimated 1.8 billion euros ($2.24 billion), is one of the largest buyout deals in Europe this year, Reuters reported Wednesday. […]