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Further, fasterCentral and Eastern Europe is not as risky as you might think says Robert Conn, managing partner at Polish private equity firm Innova Capital.
- Advent spends $545m on drilling co
In the first deal to be made from its latest $3.3bn global buyout fund, Advent International has agreed to buy drilling equipment and services provider Boart Longyear from Anglo American.
- CalPERS backs new DFJ clean energy fund
Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s clean-energy affiliate fund, DFJ Element, has held an interim close, with backing coming from CalPERS and Swiss Re, among others.
- Advent lines up BTC exit
The firm has refinanced its investment in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company by granting an option to Novator Holdings.
- Allen & Overy hires Lovells PE partner
The London office of law firm Allen & Overy has lured private equity partner Derek Baird from rival Lovells.
- Berkshire backs Canadian retailer
Boston-based Berkshire Partners is the second US private equity group to make a bet on a Canadian retailer in December, investing in women’s apparel company Aritzia.
- PE firms branded ‘locusts’ in Germany
A debate over private equity’s business ethics is raging in Germany after one of the country’s most senior politicians described financial investors as greedy, job-destroying insects.
- Advent raises decade’s largest Latin America fund
Boston-headquartered private equity firm Advent International has confirmed its intention to continue its Latin American investment activities, announcing today the final close on a new $375 million fund targeting the region.
- Advent closes third CEE fund
Advent International has held a final close of its latest fund dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe on €330m, ahead of its original target.
- Buyout groups in fundraising boom
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.