Private Equity
3i continues to shed staff and sell assets, and has given up on the idea of raising another buyout fund any time soon. These are anxious times for one of the UK’s oldest and best-known private equity groups
2 min read · 23 January 2014
Kainos Capital, targeting $400m, received hefty backing from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which committed more than $100m to Fund I and is also helping Kainos become an independent firm.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
Despite a surge in overall M&A in the fourth quarter, a recent study found European private equity posted negative growth in activity for the whole of last year.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The oil and gas sector exit to Investcorp comes shortly after the close of Equistone's first independent fund.
4 min read · 22 January 2014
The private investment firm, which announced this week it would partner with Warren Buffett to buy Heinz for $28bn, recently hired former Goldman managing director Daniel Dreyfus as a partner.
1 min read · 22 January 2014
The buyout would be little known 3G’s most recent acquisition of a well-known consumer brand, after its $4bn deal for Burger King in 2010.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
With 45% of its revenues coming from Latin America, Probos fits well with the strategy that N+1 has been actively pursuing since its merger with Spanish rival Mercapital.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Less than a year after reaching final close on $160m, WAMEX has invested about 65% of Multinational Industrial Fund II’s committed capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The firm has already invested roughly half of the capital from its third energy fund.
2 min read · 09 December 2013
<span class="ITALIC">All BRIC countries have had a drop in PE activity YTD, though valuations are higher.</span>
1 min read · 20 November 2013
