Warburg Pincus and Cinven, the US and European private equity firms, have won a €2.6bn auction to buy Essent Kabelcom, a Dutch cable operator, following the withdrawal of Liberty Global, a US cable business.
The firm is reportedly set to hire Ralph Reynolds from Deutsche Bank to lead a new hedge fund trading stocks and bonds.
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity manager, has backed Avery Healthcare, a group of care homes, in its acquisition of Hadrian Healthcare.
The Canada Investment Fund for Africa, to be managed by emerging markets-focused firms Actis and Cordiant, will target mid-market opportunities across Africa.
Paul Taylor, who split from Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz’s property empire earlier this year to pursue his own investment firm, has beaten 3i and Terra Firma to land Four Seasons.
European Capital, part of the US private equity firm American Capital, has invested €123m in the buyout of Avery Weigh-Tronix and €126m in the buyout of Farrow & Ball, the first two deals for its UK office, which opened last August.
Permira, a European buyout firm, has bought All3Media, maker of UK television programmes Richard and Judy and Formula One, from Bridgepoint for £320m.
The Chicago-based private equity real estate firm has joined with The Preiss Company to build new off-campus student housing at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
The fledgling private equity real estate company has closed Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners II on €335m.
US buyout firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Apollo Management are eyeing a £5bn bid for Severn Trent, a UK water and waste management business.