The private equity firm may back a dairy business that has been linked to a milk scandal in China. The scandal resulted in the deaths of four infants, and the illness of more than 50,000 people after dairy products were found to be contaminated.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Maurice Tchenio, chairman of the French arm of Apax, is reportedly suing his partners over the division of fees and profits. Tchenio co-founded the UK-headquartered firm in 1976 with Ronald Cohen and Alan Patricof.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European mid-market private equity and renewable energy infrastructure investor has hired two members for its renewable energy team. The division led by Tom Murley now has a total of seven professionals sourcing deals.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Washington DC-based private equity giant has invested in China’s education sector, in a week that has also seen the firm close its Warsaw office and Sydney-based Asian leveraged finance group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation board has said GPs should be asked to comply with its mandate by investors. The committee chairman Herman Daems stressed the importance of transparency and fair comparison.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Speaking at a private equity conference today, Eric Capp, a senior leveraged finance banker at RBS, said banks have not been told to stop lending to private equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Charles-Henri Filippi will advise the global private equity firm on French investment opportunities.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Shenzhen-based Easou has raised a Series C funding round from private equity firms including AXA and iD TechVentures.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
RJD received four ‘competing offers’ to refinance portfolio fund administrator IPES. It picked Lloyds TSB in what partner Duncan Johnson described as a ‘no brainer’. The firm purchased the company in September for £25m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm specialising in environmental infrastructure investments has opened a new office in Italy to continue raising its European Solar fund. It is targeting €50m and has already raised €40m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
