Matthieu Favas is the editor of Agri Investor. He was previously the web editor of Infrastructure Investor, where he started in 2013 after a year as a reporter at Private Equity International. Prior to joining PEI he spent four years in the wine industry in London, Spain and Mongolia.
The UK firm’s interim results, which also detailed a notable increase in NAV, come a few days after it revealed activist investor Edward Bramson had started to build up a stake in the company.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Syntegra Capital, formerly a captive arm of Société Générale, could make more than 10x on the Italian listing for the notebook maker.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK firm is preparing a float of Belgium’s postal service this summer, in what would be the first listing in the country since 2009.
1 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK-listed group has sold its minority stake in the insurance business to General Atlantic, chalking up its fifth realisation since the beginning of the year.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The transatlantic firm has acquired the bakery supplies business of Dutch group CSM, less than a year after closing a €1.1bn fund.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Mid-market fundraising remained flat last year, with low levels of realisations impacting new allocations to the asset class, according to a study by placement firm Acanthus.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The UK firm, currently on the trail to raise its Fund VI, has fully repaid its investment after selling half its stake in the cable and fastener producer.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The investment is likely to be the last by the firm’s Expansion Capital Fund II, a 2007 vintage now close to 80% invested.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The £1.2bn flotation of the UK’s fifth largest motor insurer has resulted in a big win for the UK deal-by-deal specialist – and more than doubled the money of co-owner Electra Partners.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Private equity professionals expect an increase in transactions this year, according to recent research, although many believe the pick-up will remain limited to a few sectors and medium-sized assets.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
