Private Equity
The private equity duo part-financed one of the biggest deals so far this year using debt provided by six banks, proving lending appetite exists for even multi-billion dollar deals.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $12bn of distributions by emerging market funds last year represent the highest level on record, while non-US developed market distributions rose a dramatic 74% year-over-year to $32.3bn, according to Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Euro-China growth capital firm A Capital has teamed up with a luxury goods distributor in China, to invest in European electronics giant Bang and Olufsen.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Carlyle has become the largest shareholder in a China-based mid-market hotel chain.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A deal to acquire a German maker of plastic processing machinery will be the first European-based investment from the firms’ $4.7bn third fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Glasgow-headquartered firm invested 100% equity from the £200m Scottish Equity Partners fund IV.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
China-based private equity fund returns were lagging in Q1 2012, with emerging markets returns also down year-on-year, according to a report from Cambridge Associates.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Boyu Capital, CITIC Capital and CBD Capital were among the Chinese private equity firms that helped Alibaba raise $7.6bn in a share buyback from Yahoo!, said to be the largest-ever non-LBO private financing for a technology company.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
5 min read · 17 January 2013
An IPO scandal has pressured China regulators to tighten rules on IPOs, pushing PE and VC to consider other exit strategies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
