Swedish buyout firm Ratos and global investment firm 3i have reaped Skr500 million each with the recapitalisation of Swedish manufacturing company DIAB.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The fund’s manager NextEnergy Capital, a renewable energy-focussed merchant bank, is looking to use abundant leverage available for clean energy infrastructure projects.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The French bank has withdrawn all claims against Terra Firma, the buyout firm run by Guy Hands. Details of the settlement were not revealed.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The oil and gas sector is undiminished despite significant problems in most other areas of the buyout universe.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Blackstone chairman and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman has spoken out in the industry’s defence, championing private equity as “a force for good”.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity captive arm of the French insurance giant has bought a division of Canada-listed Atrium Innovations, with only one senior and one mezzanine provider financing the deal.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Central and Eastern European mezzanine firm has tapped investor demand to invest in the hybrid form of debt as the credit crunch has pushed it centre stage.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The firm set up by Sir Christopher Evans is returning cash to investors ahead of fundraising.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The European buyout firm is becoming a junior partner in the merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services alongside their respective governments. It said it is prepared to hold its investment for another five years or more.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
South Eastern European investment firm Marfin Investment Group has deployed much of the €5.2bn it raised from the public markets in June.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
