Cameco, Canada’s top uranium miner, will pay $136 million to buy nuclear fuel broker Nukem Energy GmbH from private equity firm Advent International. Cameco is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. PRESS RELEASE: Cameco (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) announced today it has signed an agreement with Advent International to purchase NUKEM Energy GmbH (NUKEM), one of the world’s leading [...]

French investment firm Sagard has partnered with the president of the French, discount retailer Stokomani and his management team, to acquire Stokomani from the global buyout firm Advent International. The deal — whose terms were not disclosed — is expected to close next month Stokomani, through a network of 37 stores, offers a “large range [...]

Advent International has appointed Dr. Günter von Au, a longstanding executive board chairman of Süd-Chemie AG, to its Operating Partner Programme. Au will advise Advent on investment opportunities within the chemical sector, the firm said. He will also help support the business development of Advent’s existing portfolio companies. PRESS RELEASE Frankfurt, April 2, 2012 – [...]

Private equity fund Innova Capital and two others will get a peek at the finances of Polish telecoms operator Netia in a move that could lead to one of them snapping up the group, Reuters reported Tuesday. Netia shares jumped by as much as 4.5% on the news, reaching levels unseen since 2001. Reuters reported [...]

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Payment processor Vantiv priced shares in its $500 million initial public offering at the midpoint of its expected range, writes Reuters. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based company sold 29.4 million shares, as planned, at $17 each, against a $16 to $18 range. Private equity firm Advent International owns a 51 percent stake in Vantiv and regional bank [...]

Discount chain store operator Five Below, owned by private equity firms Advent International and LLR Partners, is in talks about an initial public offering, according to Reuters. The Philadelphia-based company has already hired part of its underwriting team, writes Reuters. Reuters – Discount chain store operator Five Below, which is owned by private equity firms [...]

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Advent International, a Boston-based firm known for its global focus, is gearing up to start formally raising its seventh private equity fund, Advent International Global Private Equity VII LP, a behemoth targeting $9.4 billion that will be invested across a variety of geographies and industries, according to several press reports.

Private equity firms traditionally ramp up their investor relations teams in anticipation of a fundraising. Today many firms, and particularly the largest ones, try to maintain an efficient and high quality team at all stages of the fundraising cycle.