Ganymed pharmaceutical has now raised €117m from mostly German private equity firms to develop its cancer drugs pipeline.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Citing a ‘challenging economic climate’ and volatile debt markets, the buyout firm’s listed investment fund wrote down $500m of its private equity co-investments in deals including Harrah’s.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US private equity firm has continued its buying spree in 2008 despite the turmoil in global markets. The Herbal Garden, an Illinois-based supplier of organic produce, is the firm's 30th acquisition this year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
In its 76th buy-and-build transaction, Italy's 21 Centrale Partners has purchased French cosmetics packaging company Biopak. Mazime D’Haussy the former sales and marketing director of Socoplan has been appointed Biopack’s chief operating officer.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Miles Cresswell-Turner will join the UK mid-market firm, which is currently investing a €960m fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Canadian pension suffered a negative 8.5% return in the second quarter owing largely to a decline in its public equities portfolio, which has in turn increased its exposure to private equity, real estate and infrastructure.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Scandinavian venture capital firm has raised €75m to date for a fund focused on mobile and wireless technology firms.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Eastern European private equity firm has closed its deal for non-alcoholic beverage producer Kofola-Hoop in what it says is the region’s largest ever transaction in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The US private equity firm invested an undisclosed amount from its $2.25bn Trident IV fund in Real Estate Disposition Corporation, which auctions foreclosed properties. The company has auctioned off more than 16,000 US homes since November.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The European private equity firm has purchased 3i's and Merseyside Special Investment's stakes in Liverpool-based MJ Quinn, an infrastructure services business. Quinn has contracts with the London Underground, UK rail networks and the UK Ministry of Defence.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
