UK finance development institution CDC has committed $20m to one of the largest agri-business private equity funds in Africa. CDC hopes the move stimulates fundraising in the sector.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
HgCapital has responded to the tightened credit markets by making an all-cash offer for internet service provider NBT.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Despite eurozone fears, private equity investment in Europe is up 33 percent compared to last year, according to CMBOR.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Cleantech-focused BeCapital has closed its first fund, whose strategy goes beyond that of other cleantech firms, says CEO Alexandre Schmitz.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The UK Labour leader is stirring his base with an attack on private equity as 'asset strippers', though his political rhetoric may be difficult to translate into Labour policy.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has made an all-equity investment in financial services software provider ITRS Group. It joins a number of firms dodging the challenging debt market by underwriting the entire deal.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Permira, for the first time, will include two kibbutzim, traditional agricultural communities in Israel, as co-investors on an investment in a farming technology company.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Turnaround-focused Kelso Place has hired Philip Dougall as the ninth member of its investment team as it gears up for eurozone crisis fallout.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The European private equity firm is closing its UK and German operations, prompting the departure of Jonathan Musselwhite and Charles St. John.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
German pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has committed hundreds of millions of euros to a separate account with Pantheon.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
