Private Equity
The struggling insurance giant has sold units that manage some $89bn for $500m, as it works to pay off about $180bn in government bailout money.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Mexico City private investment firm purchased a minority equity stake in the US luxury brand for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Placement agents have formed a loose coalition in the US, as the SEC considers barring state pensions from interacting with them.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
Despite the credit crunch, the global office markets are still on an “upward trend,” according to a report by real estate services firm, Colliers International. The emerging markets continued to record strong growth in the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Carlyle-backed education investor Apollo Global has agreed to delist BBP – a UK- and Europe-based provider of education services for lawyers, accountants and the financial services sector, which is reporting increasing revenues despite the economic downturn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The venture capital arm of the semiconductor giant has acquired a stake in UQ Communications.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The transaction is the recently-launched Challenger Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund’s second deal and its first bolt-on to a platform company. Managing director hopes to replicate the Chilean strategy in Asian countries as the fund moves ahead with a $1.2bn fundraising effort.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Upstream Systems has attracted backing from London's TLcom Capital and Greek investor Alpha Ventures as it seeks to take advantage of rapid growth in the mobile marketing industry.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Chinese private equity investors have reportedly acquired a 20% stake in Chery Automobile for $293m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US attorney in New Mexico is demanding documents from New Mexico’s $11.8bn State Investment Council relating to investment activity and specifically in connection to Aldus Equity, the embattled financial advisor caught up in pension pay-to-play scandal rocking the private equity world.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
