Italy’s private equity weekly roundup. News from Centerbridge, F2i sgr, EOS, Capvis, HgCapital, Spaxs and Ibla Capital

Private equity firms make again the headlines in the week ending Feb 22nd, with exits, fundraising and negotiations. Private equity firm Centerbridge hired Deutsche Bank, Mediobanca, and Morgan Stanley as joint bookrunners to sell 8.8% of shares of Milan listed Farmafactoring (BFF), an Italian financial services company, through an accelerated bookbuilding (abb) procedure (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Centerbridge currently owns 55.8% of BFF. Rothschild and Linklaters are respectively providing financial and legal advisory. BFF may cash in 90 million of euros out of this transaction. The company raised 250 million of euros when it launched an IPO, after which Centerbridge stake was of 55.8% (from a pre-listing holding of 94.2%). In