Private Equity
Fund of funds manager Pantheon Ventures has acquired a portfolio of fund investments from private markets investor Hermes GPE in a deal valuing the assets at more than €600m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Standard Chartered's first Saudi private equity deal is for a minority stake in the country's largest building materials manufacturer.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
KKR posted a surprise decline in earnings during Q2, with economic net income falling by 27% despite the group growing assets under management to $61.9bn as of 30 June, up from $54.4bn at the same point last year.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
NBGI Private Equity has acquired a Turkish drugs company, the latest in a spate of investments, particularly in healthcare, by firms drawn to the country’s compelling fundamentals.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Buyout firm Permira has appointed Max Biagosch (pictured), a member of its consumer team, to replace the retiring head of its financing group.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity interest in the shipping and port logistics sector is on the rise, with more than $2bn of recent deals suggesting firms are increasingly drawn to infrastructure-related assets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Barclays Private Equity is to re-brand as Equistone Partners Europe when its long-expected spin-out completes later this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
MENA heavyweights Citadel Capital and Abraaj Capital failed to agree a deal which was expected to result in Egypt-listed Citadel selling a stake to its Dubai-based peer.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
French private equity firm Qualium, led by Jean Eichenlaub (pictured), is nearing its target for its sixth fund after a move to diversify its investor base.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Buyout firm Nordic Capital has sold one of the ‘jewels’ of its portfolio to regional rival EQT, generating a substantial return in the process.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
