Private Equity
American Industrial Partners, EQT and Headland Capital won the overall Americas, EMEA and Asia categories in PEI's inaugural Operational Excellence Awards.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The appointment of Daniel Green as chief investment officer allows chief executive Marleen Groen to focus purely on her role as head of the business as it continues to expand.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment group has sealed its third exit of a busy year that has also seen it make seven new private equity investments, excluding bolt-ons.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
After turning down an offer reportedly worth £520m in the summer, Montagu and GIP are set to cede control of Biffa to a quartet of senior lenders.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
BC Partners has refinanced some of the debt used for its €1.9bn acquisition of Com Hem last year, unlocking a dividend which is the first (partial) realisation from the firm’s latest fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Advent International has wrapped up fundraising for its latest global buyout vehicle, which came in at €8.5bn.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Private debt fund manager Metric, launched by former UBS and Towerbrook executive John Sinik last year, has sealed another two deals as demand for alternative sources of debt finance increases.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Carlyle Group's inexorable push into alternative assets other than private equity has seen it raise four CLO funds this year, with the latest closing on $620m this week.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Almost 200 private debt funds are chasing combined commitments of $124 billion, according to PEI research, as managers look to exploit credit opportunities created by banks’ partial retreat from the market.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Intermediate Capital Group has backed the tertiary buyout of corporate travel company ATPI using both equity and mezzanine debt, providing an exit for Equistone in the process.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
