The Greek private equity firm has agreed to pay E60m for a controlling interest in Nikas, an Athens-listed meat processing business.
Larry Schloss, global head of the private equity division at CSFB, has decided to quit the firm at the end of March next year and may set up his own fund.
The former Terra Firma managing director is joining Fortress Investment Group as a managing director of the firm’s alternative investment team in Germany.
Hermes Private Equity has made its fourth appointment in six months, with Simon Jennings joining the fund investment team.
Risk capital provider CDC Capital Partners has appointed Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo as its new head of Africa.
Earlybird Venture Capital portfolio company Esmertec has raised $27m in what is the largest fundraising by a European software company since mid-2002.
Swedish private equity firm Ratos has expressed confidence in the business outlook, despite its interim results showing a fall in pre-tax profits and earnings per share.
Private equity investors on both sides of the Atlantic have lowered their return expectations – but allocations are set to increase.
The French private equity firm is among the frontrunners to acquire the Charterhouse Development Capital portfolio business ahead of a final deadline for bids later this week.
The investment banking division of Dresdner Bank has hired Philippe Goffin as a managing director at its financial sponsors coverage group.
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