Private Equity
Speaking on a World Economic Forum panel dedicated to sovereign funds, the Blackstone chairman and chief executive praised the funds and likened them to US state pensions as institutional investors.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai International Capital has completed its first direct private equity investment in the region through the acquisition of luxury company Rivoli Group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
European buyout firm Cinven’s £2 billion bid for two divisions of media group Emap is the second largest new offer since debt market turmoil decimated the market for leveraged loans.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Emerging Capital Partners, in partnership with Truffle Capital, has acquired a third African mining company with its $53 million purchase of Morocco’s Compagnie Miniere de Touissit.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Veritas Capital has sold defence contractor Athena Innovative Solutions to CACI International for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai International Capital has completed its first direct private equity investment in the region through the acquisition of luxury company Rivoli Group.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Actis has partially sold energy company Globeleq while retaining the company’s sub-Saharan assets and its global pipeline of projects. Actis has managed Globeleq for emerging markets firm CDC.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Nordic buyout firm’s Skr2 billion recapitalisation of Dacke, two years after the buyout firm acquired the company, is an exception in liquidity-starved credit markets.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain investment firm has joined the throng of MENA buyout firms continuing doing deals in the West despite the credit crunch.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
South African investment firm Brait’s results have benefitted from private equity activity, as competition increases in its domestic market with the arrival of large global firms.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
