Private Equity
A consortium of five companies has sold Icopal to Bahrain-based buyout firm Investcorp. The deal comes three months after the buyout firm began targeting US and European investors for a €1 billion private equity fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US private equity firm Colony Capital has agreed to buy oil refining and distribution company Tamoil from the Libyan government for €4 billion. It is the biggest private equity deal to date for an African-owned company – trumping Bain Capital’s $3.5 billion buyout of Edgars in February.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment vehicle of Qatari property investment fund Three Delta has upped its stake in Sainsburys. The FTSE 100 listed UK supermarket’s shares leapt by nearly 5 percent, as speculation suggested a takeover bid was forthcoming.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium of five companies has sold Icopal to Bahrain-based buyout firm Investcorp. The deal comes three months after the buyout firm began targeting US and European investors for a €1 billion private equity fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bain Capital is set to acquire US retailer Guitar Center for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, the firm’s German arm has agreed to purchase yacht manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment vehicle of Qatari property investment fund Three Delta has upped its stake in Sainsburys. The FTSE 100 listed UK supermarket’s shares leapt by nearly 5 percent, as speculation suggested a takeover bid was forthcoming.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A consortium of five companies has sold Icopal to Bahrain-based buyout firm Investcorp. The deal comes three months after the buyout firm began targeting US and European investors for a €1 billion private equity fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Washington DC-based Emerging Capital Partners has completed the latest of a series of profitable exits from its pioneering African investment program.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A leading pensions expert has defended London-listed Electra Private Equity, after the listed trust became the latest target for activist trade unions following a reduction in pension benefits for ex-employees of its portfolio company Lil-lets.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Abraaj Capital’s partner on the Egyptian Fertilizers Company deal earlier this month, the Dubai Capital Group registered an 88 percent IRR and made three times its original investment in the stake it sold and later bought back.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
