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.
Martin Kúšik’s role at the evergreen fund will be taken over by partner Marek Dospiva and investment director Thomas von Werner, a few weeks after the firm opened its first office in Germany.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The Paris-based firm has acquired the nuclear measurement unit of French group Areva, as part of a programme aimed at deleveraging the state-owned company by €1.2bn.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK-headquartered firm has sold off its remaining stake in the Italian ceramics business, bringing to an end a long and eventful relationship.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The educational publisher, bought by Apax and OMERS at the height of the credit bubble, is facing a $2.1bn refinancing wall next year.
4 min read · 20 September 2013
Cécile Mayer-Lévi has opted out of the next fund cycle, leaving Olivier Berment as head of AXA PE’s private debt activities just after the firm closed a long-awaited spin-off from its parent insurance group.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The London-based firm has bought the UK’s largest dentistry specialist from ailing buyout group Duke Street, in a transaction valuing the business at £185m.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
A number of buyout firms are reportedly preparing follow-on bids for the private equity-owned metering company, as part of an auction process that could reach €3bn.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The £50m sale of Amber Travel to buyout peer ECI is the second successful realisation of the year for the firm.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Swedish firm has sold the wheelchair business to Investor, a few months after holding the first close on its latest vehicle.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
As France gradually settles down after a year rich in political and economic drama, its private equity industry is seeing signs of life again. But the resulting recovery is likely to see winners and losers
10 min read · 20 September 2013
