Private Equity
The $12bn of distributions by emerging market funds last year represent the highest level on record, while non-US developed market distributions rose a dramatic 74% year-over-year to $32.3bn, according to Cambridge Associates.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Teachers' Private Capital is understood to have paid Altor Equity Partners more than $300m for a 75% stake in Helly Hansen.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has agreed the sale of fashion brand Valentino to a Qatari investment group for about €700m, as it raises its fifth buyout fund, which is targeting €6.5bn and is yet to hold a first close.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Carlyle’s $500m MENA-focused growth capital and buyout vehicle will acquire a 30% stake in family owned Penti.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Paris-based private equity firm has agreed to make its first direct investment in Africa by way of a $125m commitment to telecom tower infrastructure business IHS.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi-based firm appears to be unaffected by the Arab spring and the global economic climate as its 2010 fund is 50% deployed after two years.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $65m finance facility will be CDC’s first investment since its strategy change in September 2012.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The IPO of 38% of the shares in Umeme, an electricity company it has had full ownership of since 2005, was more than 35% oversubscribed.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The former owner of luxury brands like Gucci and Tiffany & Co. has purchased Georg Jensen in an all-equity deal.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Chinese fund is the second sovereign wealth fund to recently take a stake in London's Heathrow Airport.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
