Private Equity
SEC veterans Bruce Karpati and Robert Kaplan will lead the new unit, which the commission is creating to strengthen its expertise on alternatives, including private equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Mexican firms IDEAL and ICA together with Spain’s Acciona Agua and a subsidiary of Japanese investor Mitsui & Co. have won a $726m contract to build and operate one of the world’s largest wastewater treatment plants. The plant will be located close to Mexico City.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Adding to the private equity momentum in Latin America’s largest economy, the firm will buy a majority stake in CVC Brasil, a major tour and travel company based in Santo Andre.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Canadian pension CPPIB has teamed up with GIC Real Estate and a local property company to target Brazilian real estate.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Following reports that secondaries firms are running the rule over Natixis Private Equity’s sprawling assets, the group is considering merging two of its direct investment firms.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The oil and gas exploration platform, created in 2005 by a consortium including Carlyle, Goldman and First Reserve, hopes to fund its exploration activities despite having ‘no proved reserves’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
An investment in healthcare management company MediAccess means Fund I is fully invested. The firm held a first close on Fund II in November.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The $55m Mexico-listed fund raised by WAMEX – which will compliment a traditional fund, targeting $65m – is the first in a wave of expected offerings allowing domestic pensions to invest in the asset class.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Singapore’s largest sovereign fund has increased its investments in private equity and real estate in recent years – a trend likely to continue owing to the turmoil in the financial markets. The change was revealed as part of its first performance report, which also shed rare light into the GIC’s structure.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $5.64bn infrastructure fund is structuring the transaction in such a way that the El Paso Corporation, its 50-50 joint venture partner, will bear all development and construction risk for the 675 mile natural gas pipeline.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
