Private Equity
The Chinese firm has confirmed its purchase of the coveted €80bn asset manager, and teams up with ICBC, China's biggest bank, to expand DAM’s foothold in emerging markets.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The compelling growth story of Southeast Asia is increasingly attracting new market participants, but local knowledge will bring a strategic advantage, according to a BCG report.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Hassan El Khatib, who joined Carlyle in 2007 to bolster the firm’s MENA operations, later worked as an operating executive for Carlyle’s $500m MENA fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
VTB Capital has ambitious plans to open several hundred burger restaurants in Russia, having agreed a joint venture with global brand Burger King.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Private equity firms would be directly impacted if a proposal in India’s Parliament to raise the capital gains tax to 30% from 20% is enacted.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The specialist energy-focused firm has teamed up with Spain’s Renovalia Energy to target wind projects across Europe and North America.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
African countries such as Egypt and Nigeria hold many attractive investment opportunities, Pontefract managing partner James Seymour said at PEI's emerging markets conference in London.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Despite wide-spread fears of closing debt markets in Europe, one official speaking at the EVCA conference in Budapest this week said lending is available for private equity deals, especially for those firms that have strong relationships with financial institutions.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Advent International has invested in cardiovascular treatment company American Heart of Poland, the firm’s 12th Polish investment and 36th in Central and Eastern Europe.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $10bn Russian government-backed fund will collaborate with the China Investment Corporation on a country specific private equity fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
