Private Equity
A former portfolio company of now-defunct Candover, Swissport is already the world’s largest provider of aviation ground services.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The volume of private equity acquisitions fell in the first half of 2013 – but easier financing and more appetite for large deals should lead to a pickup in activity in the second half, according to law firm Allen & Overy.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
PEI flew to Frankfurt last month to find out why Germany is now, as one LP calls it, ‘one of the most attractive private equity markets to be in’
10 min read · 19 September 2013
First came the financial crisis, then the Arab Spring. The MENA region has had to deal with crises on several fronts over the last few years. So how well is the region’s private equity industry picking itself up after the turmoil?
7 min read · 19 September 2013
Ontario Teachers' has sold a minority stake in proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis to fellow Canadian LP AIMCo.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Texas mid-market firm has completed two deals this month from its Fund III, which closed on $715m in 2008.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The London-based firm, which has just sold Spanish bus operator Avanza Group, is already talking to existing LPs about Fund VI, a new buyout vehicle with a €2bn target.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The energy-focused firm has agreed to buy LLX, a logistics business owned by Brazil’s Eike Batista, as the country’s former richest man looks to divest parts of his embattled EBX conglomerate.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
After acquiring the company for about $2bn in 2007, Apax Partners will sell Hub International to its peer Hellman & Friedman.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Since July, the firm has invested a combined $460m in renewable energy businesses in Chile and Brazil.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
