Private Equity
GP Investments has taken a 100% ownership stake in Brazilian restaurant franchise Fogo de Chão after acquiring a 35% stake in the company in 2006.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm co-founded by Sam Zell and Gary Garrabrant concludes its investment in São Paulo-based homebuilder Gafisa, leaving the firm the only Brazilian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $65bn pension system earlier this year completed a secondary sale run by Cogent Partners of fund stakes in TPG Capital, Apollo Global Management and Warburg Pincus.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-based private equity firm sold its remaining shares in Cetip, a fixed income securities and over-the-counter derivatives depository, for nearly twice the company’s 2009 IPO price.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity arm of the French insurance giant has reportedly paid €133m for 52% of Outremer Telecom from shareholders including Apax France.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $113bn pension has issued a request for proposal for a firm to run a sale of private equity and possibly real estate fund interests on the secondaries market. Proposals are due 21 June.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Multiples Asset Management, Mount Kellett Capital, Wolfensohn Capital Partners together with Bancorp will invest $64.4m in Dhanlaxmi Bank.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets private equity firm has acquired two electricity supply and transport businesses in Guatemala from Gas Natural Fenosa, a Spanish energy operator.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
UK-listed 3i, which doubled its investment pace in the past year, set a new 15% benchmark for future returns but CEO Michael Queen reported results for the last financial year which fell short of that despite a successful reorganisation.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The lower mid-market firm has sold microelectronics company Coining for $148m, generating a 76% IRR.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
