Private Equity
US VC firm Oak Investment Partners has completed a $25 million funding round for social networking site Reunion.com, one of the biggest investments in the area to date.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The New York-based buyout firm has made another retail investment with its sixth fund with the purchase of Claire’s Stores.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The consortium buying Alexander Forbes, a South African financial services group, has increased its offer despite having agreed the deal three months ago.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US group Bain Capital has agreed a $3.5 billion deal for South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores, the largest buyout ever recorded in the country.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Google has revealed that its acquisition of YouTube last year netted a return of nearly $500 million for Sequoia Capital, the US venture capital firm behind the video sharing website.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Cognetas, a European private equity firm, has completed its second deal this week with the sale of an aluminium manufacturer to a consortium for €430 million.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Two private equity firms, one in Hong Kong, and the other in London, are poised to take a controlling stake in a mobile phone operator in New Zealand that has been attempting to break the country’s duopoly.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
US turnaround specialist has bought two automotive suppliers – one German, the other Japanese – for $305 million as US billionaire Wilbur Ross continues to extend his global exposure in the sector.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Caste Harlan and its Australian affiliate CHAMP have merged several barley malting companies to form a new global company with $400 million in revenues.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Allianz Capital Partners has sold UK care homes provider Four Seasons Healthcare to an investment fund of the Qatar Investment Authority, despite interest from 3i and Terra Firma Capital Partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
