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Bjorgolfsson in quick sale to AIG(2)Novator, the acquisition vehicle of Icelandic businessman Thor Bjorgolfsson, has sold its 65 percent stake in a Bulgarian telecoms company for €1.6 billion to AIG Investments, a year after it bought the business from an Advent International-led consortium.
- Carlyle and Advent flip building company(2)
Investment company Arcapita has bought window and door company HT Troplast from The Carlyle Group and Advent International two years after the firms bought the company.
- Bjorgolfsson in quick sale to AIG
Novator, the acquisition vehicle of Icelandic businessman Thor Bjorgolfsson, has sold its 65 percent stake in a Bulgarian telecoms company for €1.6 billion to AIG Investments, a year after it bought the business from an Advent International-led consortium.
- Carlyle and Advent flip building company
Investment company Arcapita has bought window and door company HT Troplast from The Carlyle Group and Advent International two years after the firms bought the company.
- Teachers’ buying another Chilean water operator
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan continues its focus on inflation-sensitive infrastructure assets, with its plans to buy Chilean public water and wastewater company Esval, its third such investment.
- Emerging markets funds to surpass $33bn
Emerging markets funds raised $21.5 billion in the first six months of the year, and are poised to surpass last year's total of $33.3 billion, according to data from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.
- Syntaxis holds first close on debut mezz fund(3)
The central Europe mezzanine specialist has held a first close on its debut fund as it looks to capitalise on the favourable conditions for mezzanine investors. The fund has raised just under half of its €125 million target.
- Buyout firms generate record IPO volume(3)
Private equity-backed IPOs have hit record levels of $32.4bn this year, according to data provider Dealogic, despite heavy criticism for the performance of high-profile offerings like Sports Direct and private equity-backed Debenhams.
- Carlyle bulks up financial services team
US buyout firm The Carlyle Group has expanded its financial services team with a string of high profile appointments, after closing a real estate and a European fund last week.
- GP Investimentos prepares to go regional(3)
Brazil’s GP Investimentos, fresh from the initial close on $1.025 billion for its fourth fund, may open offices in Mexico and in the Southern Cone as the firm expands its investment activities throughout Latin America.