Private Equity
Dubai International Capital (DIC) has acquired a majority stake in Almatis, a German maker of specialty alumina, from French private equity firm Rhone Capital and Teachers’ Private Capital, the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). Reports have placed the deal value at approximately US$1.2bn.
2 min read · 01 December 2007
Bureau Veritas raises €1.24bn
1 min read · 01 December 2007
Bureau Veritas raises €1.24bn
1 min read · 01 December 2007
1 min read · 01 December 2007
The global private equity market more than doubled in size last year with private equity deal value up from over some US$300bn to almost US$800bn, according to data from AVJC, Bain, EIU and Thomson Financial. However, of the largest European M&A deals in the first half of 2007, KKR’s acquisition of Alliance Boots was the only private equity deal in the top 20, coming in at sixth place.
1 min read · 01 December 2007
Almatis, Applus, CTL Logistics, Deutsche TeleKom's Media & Broadcast, ELIS, Faceo, Firth Rixson, GET, Group Retif, Royal Swets & Zeitlinger Group, Securitas Direct
8 min read · 01 December 2007
Family offices are favouring private equity as a long-term asset class and look set to increase their allocation, according to a new study by the European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (EVCA) and the IMD Business School of Lausanne.
1 min read · 01 December 2007
The difficulties of funding small, innovative tech companies are common to all developed economies. They have unproved products, they may not show a profit for many years and often have high running costs. But the way that different countries approach this problem varies widely. David Nicholson reports
6 min read · 01 December 2007
The global private equity market more than doubled in size last year with private equity deal value up from over some US$300bn to almost US$800bn, according to data from AVJC, Bain, EIU and Thomson Financial. However, of the largest European M&A deals in the first half of 2007, KKR’s acquisition of Alliance Boots was the only private equity deal in the top 20, coming in at sixth place.
1 min read · 01 December 2007
Baigo Capital has unveiled its maiden offering focusing exclusively on the European healthcare sector, with €100m in initial funding. The team is in the process of raising a further €200m.
2 min read · 01 December 2007
