Accor Hotels

Private equity firms Colony Capital and Eurazeo plan to increase their stake in the hotel group Accor, which owns the Pullman and Ibis hotel chains, to 30 percent.

The global private equity real estate firm has made a strategic investment in European hotel owner and services provider Accor.

The US private equity firm is backing French hotel group Accor in its E258m acquisition of Compagnie Européenne de Casinos.

The country's sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund, wants to become the world’s largest with the help of private equity.

The French firm’s 2012 annual results, released Wednesday, revealed an increase in investment capacity to more than €1bn and a continued acceleration in portfolio rotation.

The French firm’s 2012 annual results, released Wednesday, revealed an increase in investment capacity to more than €1bn and a continued acceleration in portfolio rotation.

Blackstone France, the US group's Paris-based advisory team, has appointed former French ambassador to NATO Gerard Errera as chairman.

The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore has officially opened its first India office and has installed its real estate head, ex-RREEF executive Kishore Gotety, to run it.

Through its joint venture hotel investment company with New York’s Host Hotels, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund is preparing to increase its exposure to Indian hospitality assets.

Listed French private equity firm Eurazeo is keeping a close eye on its portfolio companies while resisting the temptation to micro-manage. Andy Thomson met with executive board chairman Patrick Sayer, who is confident he can ride the economic storm – and maybe even give a boost to his firm's ailing share price

The French private equity firm has written down to zero its €144m investment in the Las Vegas casino operator. It has also written down other investments with Colony Capital, including in the firm’s Colyzeo II fund.