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 issue of new shares by Tikehau’s 'Salvepar' vehicle, which makes minority investments in SMEs, comes a few months after the French investment manager bought a stake in UK-based Duke Street.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
A £143m valuation uplift for Permira-backed ProSiebenSat, Arysta Life Sciences and Hugo Boss was among the drivers behind SVG's positive half-yearly results.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Former equity capital markets chief Alasdair Warren will replace James McMurdo, who left to become Deutsche Bank's CEO for Australia and New Zealand.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The deal, which values the payments business at $95m, is the emerging markets firm’s fifth in the sector since 2010.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Nordic firm has reshuffled its board of directors, less than two months after it held a €206m second close on its latest buyout fund.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
Richard Favier, former head of restructuring at the UK’s Pension Protection Fund, will help the Jon Moulton-led firm deal with pension deficits at portfolio companies.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Returning confidence and greater availability of debt financing has allowed deal value to jump 36% from the previous quarter – in sharp contrast to trade valuations, now at their lowest in 4 years.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Bahrain-based firm will pay £100m to purchase the company from Langholm Capital, which acquired a majority stake in the business in 2008.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The hedge fund manager is expected to pay more than $200m for the bank’s $18bn Customized Fund Investment Group, which will create an entity with around $40bn under management.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The deal, which is the latest by the firm’s Fund VI, comes three months after Hg reached a £2bn hard-cap on its Fund VII.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
