The London-headquartered private equity firm is planning to launch the follow-up to its debut Central European fund which closed on E86m in 2001.
Benchmark, Atlas back Shell spin-off; Polytechnos, ING back Belgian genomics business; JPMorgan, Merlin lead £8m Piramed round, Gimv leads Elixent second round
Deutsche Telekom has sold its remaining 40 per cent stake in Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, a German cable company, to a consortium led by Blackstone Group.
The Italian private equity group launched last year has secured commitments from five new investors as it continues a E150m fundraising effort.
HSBC’s former private equity unit has agreed to pay £142m for The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, pipping ABN Amro Capital and JP Morgan Partners to the purchase.
CDC Group, the $1.5bn UK government-owned risk capital provider to private companies in poorer countries, is changing its organisational structure ahead of an external fundraising effort.
The US private equity firm is reportedly planning to take a stake in loss-making listed German internet software manufacturer Intershop.
The Spanish private equity house has taken an 80 per cent stake in Spanish construction firm General de Alquiler de Maquinaria in a transaction worth E76m.
The UK investment trust investing in US venture capital funds has announced a 21 per cent write-down of net asset value to £71m but says a recovery of market conditions is now underway.
Mezzanine Management has held a E115m final close of its debut Central European mezzanine fund, the first ever such fund raised specifically for the region.