Private Equity
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused firm joins a list of other private equity groups that have recently opted for high-yield bonds as an alternative to senior debt financing.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Over a five-year period, Equistone doubled revenue at tax services business Global Blue thanks to a series of improvements to the company’s products and services. Graham Winfrey reports
5 min read · 21 September 2013
Russia’s massive state-backed co-investment fund has sealed a second big tie-up with a big Asian investor – this time in India – and is already planning a third.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
Mid-market fundraising remained flat last year, with low levels of realisations impacting new allocations to the asset class, according to a study by placement firm Acanthus.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
The takeover offer, deemed insufficient by the online gambling group, comes just after CVC sealed Germany’s largest buyout since 2008.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Russian firm, which plans to float Tricolor TV in a few years’ time, says the company could be worth more than $1.5bn by 2015.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK-headquartered firm has sold off its remaining stake in the Italian ceramics business, bringing to an end a long and eventful relationship.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Nordic Capital is paying approximately €400m to acquire Unifeeder - the first deal from its latest fund.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Amid signs that the European crisis is increasingly taking its toll on Central & Eastern Europe, PEI went to Warsaw to ask three industry experts whether the timing is right to reconsider investing in the region – and found a number of reasons for local GPs to be optimistic.
10 min read · 20 September 2013
In 2012, a merger between two very different fund managers created the Abraaj Group. In April, Philip Borel spoke with several senior partners in the new business about the strategy they’re seeking to execute
10 min read · 20 September 2013
