Private Equity
Electra Partners has acquired a £30m portfolio of debt instruments from an unnamed international bank, as firms with flexible strategies look for deal exposure using means other than straight equity.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
French private equity group Idinvest, formerly the in-house arm of investment bank Allianz, has held a €100m first close on its new secondaries fund.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
SVG Capital has sold its LP interest in Permira III at a 13.3% discount as part of its ongoing strategy overhaul.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The fund of funds manager, whose longstanding chief executive David Currie retired last month, has hit a first close for a fund of funds focused targeted at the North American market.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Park Square Capital and Partners Group have provided mezzanine financing to back Advent International’s €1.5bn take-private of German retailer Douglas Holding.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
CVC’s Asian arm has ceded control of Australian media group Nine Entertainment as part of a $3.4bn debt-for-equity swap, which represents the Asia-Pacific region’s biggest ever private equity write-off.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Following a restructuring, Threadneedle Investments has bolstered its emerging markets debt capabilities by hiring John Peta from Acadian Asset Management.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has closed its third new-issue CLO fund of the last 12 months as its ‘Global Market Strategies’ platform continues to expand.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Managing director Olivier Berment will lead the French group’s private debt business alongside Cécile Mayer-Lévi.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has appointed Colm Lanigan, who until recently had run Tara Capital, to lead its co-investment unit.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
