Standard Chartered Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in Singapore-listed Wilmar Holdings, a large palm oil business group with operations in Malaysia and Indonesia.
3i, the London-listed investor, has conditionally agreed to sell UK flower delivery business Interflora for £65m less than 18 months after acquiring a 65% stake.
The Blackstone Group is investing $50m in Emcure, an Indian pharmaceutical company, a year after setting up in Mumbai.
The two firms’ joint venture has sold one power plant in the Topaz Power Group for $1.14bn to a British buyer while acquiring the remaining shares of the other seven plants.
The global private equity giant has paid $150 million for Brandywine Senior Care.
European buyout firm Bridgepoint’s buy-and-build strategy in the storage facility sector is starting to pay dividends with the refinancing of Safestore.
US food group Kraft has bought the southern European division of United Biscuits, five months after Goldman Sachs was appointed to carry out a strategic review of the biscuit and snacks manufacturer.
The venture capital arm of the semiconductor manufacturer has committed the largest sum in its history to Clearwire Corporation, and Intel will integrate the company’s technology into its own products.
Actis, UK private equity firm, is investing $15.5m to fund the expansion of an Indian hospital group that operates in Gujarat.
AIM-listed London Asia has made three investments from its China-focused funds for a total cash consideration of ₤6.9m.