Private Equity
The emerging markets-focused firm has struck its third Brazilian deal in three months, backing Brazil’s largest independent brokerage firm, XP Investimentos.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The portfolio company of emerging markets private equity and infrastructure investor Actis has acquired the shareholdings of EDF Group and ABB Equity Ventures in the Azito gas-fired power plant in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Cerre de Hula wind energy plant in Honduras should be operational in 2012 and is expected to generate 6% of the country’s power.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Smaller vehicles face an uphill struggle in whipping up investor interest, according to Ian Barrass, portfolio manager of HPEQ, a listed European private equity trust in wind down-mode.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of Retail Decision's Australian payment processing division has returned 'substantially all' of the initial investment made by Palamon, Alpinvest and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets investor has purchased a credit card processor as it seeks to consolidate the rapidly growing electronic payments market in Africa.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity arm of the French insurance giant achieved a 46% IRR on its investment in French house builder Trecobat.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The global private equity firm is strengthening its presence in the Indian healthcare sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity industry in developed countries has done a poor job of telling its story, according to Simon Walker and other panellists speaking at an emerging markets conference.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
As some LPs actively seek to liquidate their real estate assets in the secondaries market, other more well capitalised limited partners are eyeing the sector as a potential investment opportunity. However with so much uncertainty in the market, the task of underwriting those positions is now much more daunting. PERE Magazine December 2008/January 2009 issue.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
