Private Equity
Searchlight, a private equity firm founded by ex-KKR partner Oliver Haarmann last year, has bought fashionable boots manufacturer Hunter Boots.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Reports on Friday said Deutsche Bank had launched the sale of a large chunk of its Global Asset Management business, which includes its real estate, infrastructure and private equity platform.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The New Jersey Division of Investment has committed $125m to two managers shortly after selling around $268m in assets. New Jersey plans to generate roughly $535m more in sale proceeds before the end of 2011.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The social online gaming company’s liquidity event could increase LP appetite for venture capital, considered by some LPs to be the ‘least loved’ of the asset classes.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
Coller Capital has agreed the latest in a slew of banking-related secondaries this year sparked by the forthcoming Volcker rule, acquiring the in-house private equity arm of French bank Crédit Agricole.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The World Economic Forum's choice of Hong Kong as the world’s most developed financial market comes amid declining IPO value on the HKex. Nonetheless, the distinction provides additional support for private equity activity in the region.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has acquired product testing business DTL, bringing 3i’s fifth European fund to 83% invested. The sector has attracted growing interest from private equity firms in recent years.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
UK-headquartered buyout firm STAR Capital Partners has acquired a suite of four companies, including a luxury yacht-builder, for €180m.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
European mid-market buyout house Bridgepoint has won the race to acquire online cycling retailer Wiggle, paying Isis Equity Partners £180m to acquire the UK-based company.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The specialist energy-focused firm has teamed up with Spain’s Renovalia Energy to target wind projects across Europe and North America.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
