Private Equity
US mid-market buyout firm American Industrial Partners has taken just two months to raise its latest fund, smashing its target on the way to a $700m first and final close in the process.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Nearly 50 percent of investors are stuck with commitments to so-called ‘zombie funds’, according to Coller Capital's Winter Barometer.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Coller Capital has agreed the latest in a slew of banking-related secondaries this year sparked by the forthcoming Volcker rule, acquiring the in-house private equity arm of French bank Crédit Agricole.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Cognetas has pulled the auction of French fuel pump company Tokheim after three bids failed to meet its pricing expectations. The firm will now consider refinancing the company’s significant debt, according to sources.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Investment bank Natixis will acquire French buyout firm AtriA, less than six months after it sold some of its in-house private equity units.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-headquartered buyout firm STAR Capital Partners has acquired a suite of four companies, including a luxury yacht-builder, for €180m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Life sciences-focused venture firm EMBL Ventures has held a first close for its second fund on €40m, despite institutional investors’ recent apathy towards venture in general.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has appointed Henry Obi, the chief operating officer of Helios Investment Partners, as its first chairman of the newly-created EMPEA Africa Council.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
European mid-market buyout house Bridgepoint has won the race to acquire online cycling retailer Wiggle, paying Isis Equity Partners £180m to acquire the UK-based company.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Bahrain-based buyout firm Investcorp has appointed Scott Freidheim as chief executive of its European arm, two months after naming a US head.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
