By my count 16 new private equity deals were completed in Australia/NZ during the first half of 2010. Not bad for an industry that looked very sick indeed just 18 months ago.
| Investment | Private Equity Firm |
| ATF | CHAMP Private Equity |
| Actrol | Catalyst |
| Lorna Jane | CHAMP Ventures |
| Bayleys | Direct Capital |
| Landis + Gyr | DLJ Merchant Banking |
| HRV | Equity Partners |
| Insulpro | Maui Capital |
| WorldMark | Navis Capital |
| Energy Developments | Pacific Equity Partners |
| Carbon Energy | Pacific Road Capital |
| Study Group | Providence Equity Partners |
| Media Monitors | Quadrant |
| Australian Medico | Riverside Company |
| Boost | Riverside Company |
| Byron Group | Wolseley Private Equity |
| BagTrans | Yarra Capital |
You can see how private equity has become a global industry by the fact that over 30% of the deals you list were completed by a non-Australian/NZ firm.
Posted by: Auckland PE | July 06, 2010 at 01:19 PM
Wolseley also just completed an investment in Abergeldie, an engineering company. So you are missing one . . . it's at least 17
Posted by: Jayco Moors | July 06, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Thanks Jayco. Wolseley are off to a good start this year!
GP
Posted by: GP | July 06, 2010 at 05:47 PM
Jayco, strictly speaking GP was right. The new Wolseley deal didn't happen until July, so it's second half
Posted by: Auckland PE | July 06, 2010 at 07:15 PM
Direct Capital acquired a 50% stake in Transaction Services - Australasia's largest third party recurring payments processing company - in January 2010
Posted by: Slowhand | July 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM