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 firm reportedly beat out Carlyle, Eurazeo and Swire Pacific to acquire luxury fashion group SMCP from Paris-based L Capital and Florac.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Although 'take private' deals achieve lower average returns than private buyouts, a new study suggests, their performance tends to be less volatile and subject to lower write-off rates.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Russian firm, which plans to float Tricolor TV in a few years’ time, says the company could be worth more than $1.5bn by 2015.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The US firm has acquired a Danish clinical services business, less than a year after it raised its latest fund in just eight weeks.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The exit to pharmaceuticals group Oriola-KD is the first by the Swedish firm’s Fund IV, a 2008 vintage now 70% invested.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The CEE-focused firm has sold the remainder of its shares in the Polish debt collector, less than a year after holding a first close on its Fund VII.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Mark Florman, who will take on an advisory role with the BVCA at the end of the month, will be succeeded by deputy chief executive and former Times assistant editor Tim Hames.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Sales to strategic buyers accounted for half of the 118 realisations in Africa in the last five years, a new study suggests, helping PE achieve returns nearly twice those of regional public markets.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK firm has sold the fund administration and outsourcing business to fellow insurance spin-out Silverfleet Capital, marking the fourth exit from its Fund II.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Olga Koulechova will be working on developing investor relations at the Allianz private equity spin-out, which plans to double its assets under management within the next five years.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
