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.
Robert Easton unveiled proposals to put business at the heart of the UK’s growth agenda – and urged the industry to show more transparency – at the BVCA's 30th anniversary dinner.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
The transatlantic firm has completed a final close on its fourth fund, $500m over its original target.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Sir Stuart Rose, Marks and Spencer’s former boss, will become chair of UK clothing chain Fat Face nearly six years after Bridgepoint acquired the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The private equity-backed company’s listing will seek to bolster investor’s confidence in Russia’s capital markets – an uncertain endeavour, says Baring Vostok’s Costyashkin.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
The French firm launched its third aerospace-focused vehicle in late January in a bid to support the country’s high-tech SMEs and prepare the sector for further internationalisation.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Cinven’s €3.3bn sale of Avio to GE wasn’t straightforward – but it shows that international trade buyers are still willing to do deals in troubled Italy.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
The AIM-listed firm has sold online travel site operator Emesa for €95m after less than two years of ownership.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
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 · 22 January 2014
Shares of Riverstone’s first listed vehicle, which had an initial target of £1.5bn, dropped 5% in the grey market yesterday.
2 min read · 07 November 2013
The Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, which saw its head of buyouts depart at the end of last year, has run out of dry powder and given up raising a new vehicle.
2 min read · 09 October 2013
