Private Equity
The global buyout group, whose name means "surprisingly different", has made its first investment in China taking a non-control stake in Galaxy, a casino operator, to fund an ambitious programme of property development and expansion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Index Ventures and New Enterprise Associates are backing a website that allows companies to hedge their exposure to the weather. In the US alone £3.8 trillion is at risk, according to estimates.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Phoenix Equity Partners has bought Abel & Cole, the organic box company in its sixth investment from the fund it raised last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Graphite Capital, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has sold Applied Energy, having grown sales at the business by 38 percent after buying it nearly six years ago from a joint venture owned by Marconi and GE.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Through the purchase of website FastBooking, two private equity firms are looking to take advantage of the growing trend of internet booking.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The liquidity problems in the debt markets did not restrain record third quarter figures in the UK as deals were signed before the beginning August. However, big four accountant Deloitte said it expects few deals to complete in the next quarter.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Actis, the emerging markets buyout firm, has made its first investment in Pakistan in nine years making a growth capital investment in ex-Halliburton oil and gas services company LMKR.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
LPX, a private equity data provider, has published an index of the largest liquid UK investment vehicles. LPX’s Michel Degosciu said the listed private equity returns shown by the index will encourage more firms to embrace transparency.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The disappearance of mega deals in the European buyout market and a drop of nearly 50 percent in large mid-market volume contrasted to gains for the lower mid-market, growth capital and venture in the fourth quarter.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
