Chicago-based GTCR Golder Rauner is the latest to jump on the scrapbooking bandwagon. The firm’s investment in EK Success is just one of many deals in the space in the past couple of years.
The Swiss-headquartered investment firm has already received over $100 million in commitments for the new fund.
While many private equity and real estate firms are investing in faraway locales like India and China, limited partners in the US are finding similar opportunities much closer to home – in Mexico. By Paul Fruchbom.
The Middle Eastern private equity firm is in talks with European investors for its second fund, which will target hospitals in the MENA region.
The global bank has made a move into private equity fund administration with the launch of a private equity platform.
The European arm of Vestar Capital Partners has acquired a wood flooring joint venture from Nordic Capital and a Swiss forest products company.
The Nordic buyout firm has sold the Swedish television, internet and telephone company Com Hem to the The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.
3i’s French growth capital team has invested in a publisher of online real estate directories.
Sagard has acquired French connector company Souriau from the private equity arm of the AXA Group.
Alberto Morano, a private equity lawyer in Italy for the past 15 years, is to head up SJ Berwin’s new Italian offices.