Private Equity
While the credit markets have placed many private equity deals on hold, the ability of investors from the Middle East to deploy capital appears undiminished.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The listed alternative asset manager incurred losses on its investments in four Permira portfolio companies last year, but its fund management business grew and Permira made ten profitable realisations.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
BS Private Equity’s 2.5 times return from its exit of Sicurglobal, the Italian security service firm, to Stirling Square Capital Partners may provide a boost to the firm’s fundraising plans.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
South Eastern European investment firm Marfin Investment Group has deployed much of the €5.2bn it raised from the public markets in June.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The mid-market buyout firm and fund of funds has recruited Dana Haimoff from JPMorgan as a partner, as Graphite’s listed investment trust trades at a discount on the public markets despite 14.3 percent net asset value gains in 2007.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fashion-focussed TSM Capital is backing Rachel Roy, a financially astute designer to develop profitable handbags and accessories.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fashion-focussed TSM Capital is backing Rachel Roy, a financially astute designer to develop profitable handbags and accessories.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As hedge fund Focus Capital unravelled its position in Swiss baker Hiestand, Lion Capital took a 32 percent stake.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The fund’s manager NextEnergy Capital, a renewable energy-focussed merchant bank, is looking to use abundant leverage available for clean energy infrastructure projects.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity consortium that five years ago paid $1.5 billion for Burger King continues to profit from its investment in the fast food chain. A secondary offering will raise $450 million for the firms.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
