Is private equity spent? As the Footsie continues its rise and managements...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 9, 2006 ;   LOUISA GAULT;   787 words ......of aggressive private equity groups, a new...Suddenly, the private equity industry has...the problem for private equity is the high valuation...targets favoured by private equity - is trading...many of these private equity groups.'' Coupled...increasing ...

Money takes on trade M&A face off: with the high profile sales of United...

Grocer;  November 18, 2006 ;   Davis, Glynn;   787 words ......interest from private equity and trade buyers alike and you'...one in which private equity players appear...at Barclays Private Equity. The food industry...going on between trade buyers and PE, everything...available to trade buyers. Indeed, ...

Return of the trade buyers.

Financial News;  July 27, 2003 ;     600 words ......It beat Montagu Private Equity and trade buyers, Sweden's SKF and...interest from them. Trade buyers pose a threat to private equity firms because they...conclusion that trade buyers will beat private equity firms. He says...

Buy-out firms fill gap left by trade buyers.

Financial News;  January 4, 2004 ;     787 words ......the vacuum of trade buyers for non-core assets...Touche, said: The private equity houses are the...factors that favour private equity are that company...their gearing and trade buyers are less likely...investable cash, trade buyers are not in a ...

Now get out of that: Simon Robinson explores the options open to private...

Chemistry and Industry;  December 2, 2002 ;   Robinson, Simon;   721 words ......problems for private equity investors in...investment of private equity within the chemicals...within the sector, private equity has helped companies...rigour brought by private equity owners, many...companies backed by private equity have ...

Private equity in unholy alliances

The Independent on Sunday;  February 12, 2006 ;   Abigail Townsend;   233 words ......laws by teaming up with private equity houses, according to research...as markets consolidated, trade buyers were having to use private equity to help them acquire controlling...departure from trade and private equity buyers competing...competing company, ...

Private equity firms to rejoin Direct Line talks

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 25, 2008 ;   Katherine Griffiths ans Helen Power;   287 words ...THE private equity firms Apax Partners and...discussions to team up with trade buyers. RBS had shut private equity out of first-round bids...to some of the leading trade buyers, including Zurich Financial...said the re-emergence of private equity was bad ...

Trade buyers 'will drive food deals'.(news)(Brief article)

Grocer;  October 20, 2007 ;     205 words ......was making it harder for private equity to finance deals. Trade buyers, however, remained confident...food sector involving private equity fell to their lowest level...quarter. High-profile private equity deals in 2007 include...

Private equity left sitting on pounds 7.5bn

The Independent on Sunday;  December 1, 2002 ;   Heather Tomlinson;   250 words ......stock markets and nervous trade buyers. Private equity firms aim to buy up stakes...them on at a profit. But trade buyers are on the wane as they...CMBOR's Andrew Burrows. But private equity firms are holding out...Tom Lamb at Barclays Private Equity ...

Trade buyers await sale of UK local shops.

Financial News;  July 6, 2003 ;     292 words ......could trigger activity by other private equity firms as consolidation is likely...high street food shops. Several private equity firms hold convenience store...Electra Partners and Montagu Private Equity, joint owners of TM Group, which...addition, Aberdeen Murray Johnstone ...

Private equity has a record [pounds sterling]37bn hunting an exit.

Financial News;  January 8, 2004 ;     512 words ......pipeline of UK private equity-backed buy-outs...continued absence of trade buyers and the weak...three years. Private equity houses need exits...exit activity as private equity houses will line...first sign of trade buyers becoming more...sponsored by ...

Supplement: Information Platform - Private Equity - Managing equity risk.

Pensions Week;  April 21, 2003 ;     787 words ...The expression private equity may not be familiar to many investors...the listed markets. Put simply, private equity is the strategy of investing in...seem a risk. In reality, however, private equity investments present the potential...

Financial and trade buyers put their differences aside.

Financial News;  June 1, 2003 ;     787 words ......consider. And a growing number of private equity firms have learned they can get...Landau, a partner at Apax, says private equity was the only source of finance...that PVH could deliver its bid. Private equity does not come cheaply, however...raises funds for Permira, says: ...

Private equity losing out to trade buyers.(news)(Tayto Golden Wonder...

Grocer;  March 22, 2008 ;     213 words ......Wonder is the latest sign that private equity groups are losing out to food...Red Mill owner CF Holdings, said trade buyers were currently better placed than private equity groups to buy food companies. Trade buyers can extract significant synergies...crunch for their ...

Trade buyers are back: manufacturers are outbidding the private equity...

Grocer;  October 22, 2005 ;   Sutton, Neil;   787 words ......success rate of private equity houses in completing...part of the private equity houses--they...just that the trade buyers are becoming more bullish. Private equity houses have...where the trade buyers simply offered...In Europe, private ...