Doughty Hanson returns more than €1bn after second sale

Thursday 20 December 2007 at 05:03

UK-based private equity firm Doughty Hanson has returned more than two thirds of its fourth fund to investors after just two realisations.

The UK buyout firm this morning completed the sale of Germany-based Moeller Group, an electrical equipment maker, to industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation for €1.6bn ($2.2bn).