Private Equity
The $967m sale of plastic equipment maker Mold-Masters has delivered a good exit for the UK-listed firm, after a subdued 2012 – and it hopes there are more to come.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
In a tough year for China private equity, Carlyle closed seven deals and realised about $2bn. The firm's 2013 deal pipeline is `robust' said X.D. Yang, co-head of Carlyle Asia Partners.
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
This year marks the 30th birthday of specialist energy investor First Reserve. Since 1983, it has raised some $23 billion and completed more than 450 deals; its current portfolio of 28 companies generates combined revenues of over $30 billion. As it prepares to raise Fund XIII, vice-chairman John Hill tells PEI how the industry – and his firm – has changed
3 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
The UK-based firm has agreed to sell ADB Solutions to PAI Partners in a deal understood to be between €200m and €250m.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Buyout firms got less bang for their bucks through asset sales last year, according to fresh research, as the rising share of secondaries continued to put pressure on asset valuations.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The London-listed firm has secured its second exit in a week, after selling its 36.5% stake in HTC Sweden to Nordic firm Polaris Private Equity for approximately £40m.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The China-focused buyout fund has agreed to buy US-listed AsiaInfo-Linkage alongside its co-founder at a 53% premium over its 30-day average.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Southeast Asia-focused firm has bought a majority stake in TES-Envirocorp and intends to help it expand to the US and Europe.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
