Private Equity
Investindustrial has sold motorbike group Ducati to car maker Audi in a $1.1bn deal, earning the firm a three times return.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The deal to buy Hong Kong-listed City Telecom, the special administrative region's second-largest broadband provider, is CVC's first deal in China this year.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The $7.7bn endowment re-upped $25m to Lime Rock Partners VI along with commitments to a pair of venture capital firms and a real estate fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Stephen Pagliuca, managing director at Bain Capital, delivered a keynote address at PEI’s Capital Connect: MENA 2012 conference in Dubai, arguing that the future for the region looked bright.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Investment professionals Xiaoqing Bai and Olivia Ouyang will take on additional responsibilities for global real estate and Europe-focused private equity, respectively, after two senior executives decided to leave the $460bn sovereign wealth fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
China's sovereign wealth fund is reportedly losing its head of European private equity only five months after he assumed the role.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has stockpiled cash during the year to 31 March as it awaits better investing conditions. Adopting a cautious outlook, the sovereign wealth fund nonetheless increased its allocation to alternative assets by 1 percent.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
To mitigate current volatile market conditions which saw it post a 4.3% loss for the year, the Lou Jiwei-led fund has continued to increase its exposure to alternative assets.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The private equity duo part-financed one of the biggest deals so far this year using debt provided by six banks, proving lending appetite exists for even multi-billion dollar deals.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm's 14th fund is its third fund to close on or above $2.5bn and will continue NEA’s strategy of investing globally in IT, healthcare and energy technology, says NEA's Peter Barris.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
