Sentences with phrase «by private equity owners»

Interestingly, Jefferies counts Countrywide, the largest estate agency group in the U.K., as a corporate client; it was named sole broker to Countrywide in June 2013, soon after the firm was refloated by its private equity owners.

Hired by private equity owners, Stone Point Capital and Fiserv Inc., his role was to turn these under - performing companies around.

Just shortly after the downfall of Borders in the United States word is out that the Australian book chains have been placed into voluntary administration by its private equity owners.

Australia's Hoyts Group has got sold by its private equity owner Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) to an investment vehicle set up by Chinese entrepreneur Sun Xishuang.

Not exact matches

Search funds make particular sense for business owners who may have been told by private equity or strategic buyers that their enterprise is too small.

A person familiar with the matter said WPP, owner of ad agencies JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, had been contacted by one private equity group and a venture capital firm expressing interest in the Kantar business if WPP ever decides to sell.

Kraft Heinz, the global food company, has implemented ZBB accounting, led by its new owner, 3G Capital, a private - equity firm.

Bushmaster — the gun manufacturer of the rifle used in the Newtown, Conn., shootings — is being sold by its owner, the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.

Liquor retailers say the prospect of Treasury Wine Estates» portfolio of 80 - plus brands being owned by an overseas company is unlikely to produce a customer backlash, unless price rises are pursued by new private equity owners.

Primo was sold by founder and Western Sydney Wanderers football club owner Paul Lederer and private equity firm Affinity.

But he warns that any move by new private equity owners to make short - term decisions with the broader Treasury business would have a harmful impact on the entire Australian wine industry.

It is notable however that recent years have seen this open and co-operative spirit monetised, with volunteer - based networks like Couchshare, based around trust and giving, being overtaken by AirBnB — an outfit that converts its users into small - scale landlords and capitalists with the firm's private equity owners making a killing.

Australia's dominant bookselling organization REDgroup Retail has been placed into voluntary administration by its owner, private equity group PEP, just a day after Borders Group filed for bankruptcy.

After all, the owner of a regional chain with dozens of stores, its own warehouse facility and the considerable resources of a private - equity investor behind it may consider himself part of the independent class, but is that opinion shared by the single - store operator he is competing against?

DTZ's owners, led by global private equity giant TPG, will also tip in equity.

The company was acquired by a private equity group in August 2011, where Mr. Scott continued on with the new ownership team, playing a key consulting role for the new owners during the transition.

Investors should never lose sight of the fact that real estate is an actively managed asset: a high - quality, well - managed property — which describes most properties owned by REITs, certainly including retail properties — is more likely to maintain strong occupancy and favorable NOI growth than a property whose owners are merely waiting out the life of their private equity fund before selling.