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Investors build hopes on Chinese cementAnhui Conch has benefited from an anticipated recovery in the Chinese cement industry by securing a $200m investment from Morgan Stanley and the IFC.
- Carlyle raising first Mexico fund
The global private equity firm has followed up a recent investment in Mexico with its first fund focused specifically on the country.
- 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.
- MS acquires stake in China’s largest cement company
Morgan Stanley and the World Bank have taken a 14 percent stake in publicly traded Anhui Conch Cement, mainland China’s largest cement company, for approximately $215m.
- Advent backs Turkish car fleet firm
Global private equity house Advent International and its investment partner in the Turkish market, Turkven Private Equity, have led an equity financing for Intercity.
- SEC chairman says PE firms should ‘relax’
Speaking at an International Finance Corporation event in Washington, SEC chairman William Donaldson indicated that private equity firms should not anticipate any imminent regulatory changes forcing them to register with the commission.
- Invest Equity launches Greater Europe fund
Austrian private equity firm Invest Equity has launched its new Greater Europe Fund to target investment opportunities in EU accession countries as well as in Austria.
- Delta sells leasing firm to Baring Vostok
Delta Capital Management, manager of the US Russia Investment Fund, has sold portfolio company DeltaLeasing to Baring Vostok Capital Partners.
- Moyo becomes CDC head of Africa
Risk capital provider CDC Capital Partners has appointed Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo as its new head of Africa.