Private Equity
The European buyout firm has made its first foray into financial services with its second deal of the year beating off stiff competition from US rivals in an auction run by UBS.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm will invest $87m in Sinorgchem, China's largest producer of rubber antioxidant chemicals.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Advent will add family-owned French fashion brand Gérard Darel to its extensive retail portfolio. The firm, which has had a local presence in France since 1997, is looking to international expansion to maximise the value of its investment.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Global Infrastructure Partners and energy company Fortistar have acquired bankrupt Texas power generation plant Channelview after US courts approved the deal last month.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Paris-based private equity arm of French insurer AXA has divested itself of a 2005 investment from its third fund following the recent close of Fund IV on €1.6 billion; AXA Private Equity has also opened an office in Zurich.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The venture investors have co-led the funding round for Germany’s Sulfercell, which will support the construction of a manufacturing facility. The investment is the first for CCC’s €200m private equity fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment firm is betting on China’s alternative energy sector through a joint venture with India’s Tanti Group. The deal is Arcapita’s first in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The project, one of Blackstone’s first investments in renewables, would construct roughly 80 wind farms off the German island of Helgoland.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Five US private equity firms reportedly remain in the running to acquire a stake in the mobile business unit of China’s Huawei Technologies
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The corporate debt and real estate specialist has acquired CIT Group’s troubled Home Lending business, Lone Star’s third mortgage-related deal since October.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
