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Injaz Mena makes bumper return on electronic payments firm(2)Injaz Mena, an investment company based in the United Arab Emirates, made a 63 percent return in 14 months from its investment in Frankfurt-listed electronic payments company Smarttrac, demonstrating why there has been so much private equity interest in the sector.
- BC seals $16bn Intelsat deal
BC Partners, a publicity-shy European buyout firm, has followed its acquisition of estate agent Foxtons by agreeing to buy Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite operator. It is the firm’s biggest deal to date.
- Blackstone post-IPO trading values firm at $37bn
Shares in Blackstone closed today on the New York Stock Exchange, up 13 percent to $35 per share. The first-day trading values Stephen Schwarzman’s interest in the firm he co-founded at $8.5bn.
- KKR jumps on the go-public bandwagon(2)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is reportedly looking to join Blackstone as a listed company, while Apollo Management is also thought to be pursuing an offering
- Injaz Mena makes bumper return on electronic payments firm
Injaz Mena, an investment company based in the United Arab Emirates, made a 63 percent return in 14 months from its investment in Frankfurt-listed electronic payments company Smarttrac, demonstrating why there has been so much private equity interest in the sector.
- Mid-market fears tax hike(3)
Ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Treasury Select Committee hearing, where MPs are expected to criticise the low tax rates enjoyed by the private equity industry’s biggest firms, UK mid-market groups are worried about being caught in the crossfire.
- Sterling Capital closes $1bn third fund(3)
US mid-market firm Sterling Capital has nearly doubled the size of its previous fund with a ‘quick, easy’ capital raise.
- KKR jumps on the go-public bandwagon
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is reportedly looking to join Blackstone as a listed company, while Apollo Management is also thought to be pursuing an offering
- Mid-market fears tax hike(2)
Ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Treasury Select Committee hearing, where MPs are expected to criticise the low tax rates enjoyed by the private equity industry’s biggest firms, UK mid-market groups are worried about being caught in the crossfire.
- Mid-market fears tax hike
Ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Treasury Select Committee hearing, where MPs are expected to criticise the low tax rates enjoyed by the private equity industry’s biggest firms, UK mid-market groups are worried about being caught in the crossfire.