Private Equity
GameStop, which operates 5,889 stores in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, will now have 1,077 stores throughout Europe, including in Ireland, Spain, France and Switzerland.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Apax Partners, Saban Capital Group and Mori Arkin have upped their stake in the privatised telecom company. The investor group acquired a 30 percent stake in Bezeq in 2005.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European private equity firm has backed the management buyout of LEXSI, a French provider of IT security services, for an undisclosed amount.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The chemicals sector is proving fruitful for Close Brothers Private Equity. It has completed its second deal in a month, selling BWA Water Additives to Bahrain-based investment bank United International.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The global mid-market buyout group has upped its investments in buyout and infrastructure deals, despite a roughly 40 percent fall in the total value of its investments over the past five months. The firm’s realisations also slowed significantly.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
American Capital’s publicly traded European affiliate has invested in the warehouse and logistics firm just a month after the Bahrain-based bank purchased it from Sagard.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
An NEA-IndoUS-led syndicate is backing Connectiva, a US-based company that 'leverages the strengths of India' to provide solutions to the telecom industry.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The new commitments bring the publicly listed infrastructure fund’s total investments to £546m since inception.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The New Jersey-based clean energy firm is integrating Helium Energy into a new portfolio company as part of a strategy to expand its overseas presence in wind and solar production.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Singapore’s largest sovereign fund has increased its investments in private equity and real estate in recent years – a trend likely to continue owing to the turmoil in the financial markets. The change was revealed as part of its first performance report, which also shed rare light into the GIC’s structure.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
