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Bill Browder on investing in Russia: ‘You risk going to jail or dying’Fund manager-turned-activist Bill Browder made his money investing in public equities in emerging markets; now he has all his capital invested in private equities in developed markets. As a man wanted dead by the Russian establishment, he has an interesting take on investment risk.
Altor picks up Norican from Mid EuropaThis is the second deal that Altor has made from its Fund IV, which closed on €2bn in July
- Mid Europa in €200m high yield bond refinancing(2)
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused firm joins a list of other private equity groups that have recently opted for high-yield bonds as an alternative to senior debt financing.
- Mid Europa in €200m high yield bond refinancing
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused firm joins a list of other private equity groups that have recently opted for high-yield bonds as an alternative to senior debt financing.
- AXA Private Equity buys $850m OMERS portfolio
The transaction comes as OMERS works to reduce its private equity fund commitment business and focus on direct investments.
- Secondaries Special: Buying from the banks
Banks are finally starting to offload their private equity holdings – but what are the main obstacles secondaries players must overcome to get a deal done? Graham Winfrey reports
- AXA PE set to buy OMERS’ portfolio
OMERS has been selling an about $780m portfolio of fund interests as it works to reduce its private equity fund commitment business and focus on direct investments.
- AXA PE eyes further secondary deals
The group's ability to source and execute deals - as demonstrated by its acquisition of a Swedbank portfolio this week - persuaded LPs to support a significant increase in AXA's latest secondaries fund.
- Litorina builds IT security group
After a year of groundwork the Nordic buyout firm has bought two IT security companies and reformed them into a combined group with a third company. Litorina Kapital has also brought in the two companies’ former chief executive when they were owned by Bewator, Bo Kastensson.
- Litorina diversifies investor base after losing cornerstone investor(4)
Swedish buyout firm Litorina Kapital, led by Harold Kaiser, has held the final close of its latest fund two times oversubscribed despite losing cornerstone investor Swedbank.