The Los Angeles-based buyout shop has sold floral delivery business FTD Group to United Online for roughly $754m in cash and stock, four years after purchasing the business in a $422m take-private. The deal value is roughly $46 million below the original announced purchased price.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The pair, which often team up on European investments, have sold two assets to a private Belgium investor.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The exit, which was made in light of Romanian regulatory changes on the horizon, came as a ‘disappointment’ to the renewable energy-focused private equity firm, which had looked forward to building the largest wind farm development in Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Just €392m worth of transactions were completed in the first six months of 2008, compared to €1.9bn for the same period last year, according to a report by CBRE which warned the country was going through a ‘very challenging period.’
2 min read · 22 January 2013
David Blight, the outgoing head of ING Real Estate's investment management business, is joining Australian company APN Property Group.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The sovereign fund has doubled its profits to S$18.2bn although the size of its real estate portfolio has fallen by two percent in the past year. As the credit market fallout continues, Temasek has indicated it will continue to do direct deals in financial services.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Foxtons, the UK estate agency owned by global buyout group BC Partners, is having a tough time amid the housing market slowdown. Investment bankers from NM Rothschild are reportedly being asked to advise on a refinancing of the company’s £250m debt package.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Foxtons, the UK estate agency owned by global buyout group BC Partners, is having a tough time amid the housing market slowdown. Investment bankers from NM Rothschild are reportedly being asked to advise on a refinancing of the company’s £250m debt package.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Prupim has announced a second Tesco portfolio purchase a day after it was revealed that the UK’s largest supermarket has sold £605m of property to real estate investors. The move is part of a sale-leaseback deal that will fund Tesco's expansion into the competitive Indian wholesale food market.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Finnish property group Catella has appointed Nurminen, formerly CEO of the group’s Finnish business, to head its growing asset management arm Amplion.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
