Private Equity
Ecosystem Investment Partners has raised $180m to invest in wetlands restoration, a niche strategy that combines conservation with mid-teen return expectations.
4 min read · 06 January 2013
Walgreens has agreed to purchase a 45% stake in the drug store chain for $4bn in cash and $2.7bn in Walgreens’ stock.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
EQT fought off stiff competition from its heavyweight European peers to acquire wound-dressing company BSN Medical from Montagu Private Equity, which booked a 3x return on the sale.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners combined to contribute C$420m in equity for Canadian data centre Q9 Networks.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Increased realisations, fewer deals and careful portfolio management in the face of macro uncertainty were the main themes conveyed in 3i Group's interim statement.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity firms would be directly impacted if a proposal in India’s Parliament to raise the capital gains tax to 30% from 20% is enacted.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
General Atlantic, which invested nearly $2bn across 15 transactions in 2011, has invested in business services company Mu Sigma alongside Sequoia Capital.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
General Atlantic was part of a quartet of co-investors which has backed Colombia-listed investment company Grupo Sura’s $3.6bn acquisition of ING Group’s assets in Latin America.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has partnered with CalPERS to acquire a portfolio of four natural gas plants from ArcLight Capital. The deal represents the pension system's second direct infrastructure stake.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-listed 3i Group has dipped its toe into Brazil for the first time since opening a São Paulo office in April, acquiring a minority stake in a cable TV operator Blue Interactive Group.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
