Private Equity
Mid-market investor HgCapital has agreed to sell FTE Automotive, a clutch-making business, to PAI Partners for €370 million, generating a profit of €145 million.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Washington, DC-based affiliate of the Texas Pacific Group has acquired Gbarbosa, a Brazilian supermarket chain, its third investment in a Latin American retailer.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The third largest public pension fund in the US has selected INVESCO Private Capital to invest $100m in a fund-of-funds targeting new private equity firms.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity funds focused on Latin America drew more than $1bn in 2004, more than double the capital drawn the previous year, with Brazil and Mexico the most popular regions.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
New York-based Baring Latin America Partners has been selected to manage new fund taking advantage of ‘tremendous’ opportunities in Mexico
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Adam Blumenthal, first deputy comptroller of New York City’s pension funds, and a former vice chairman of American Capital Strategies, will leave public service to form a private equity firm.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
After scrapping plans for an IDS, the Boston buyout firm has agreed to sell Eye Care Centers of America to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital and eyewear products maker Moulin International.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The global venture capital firm has announced the purchase of a 50 percent stake in oil service newco RBGltd, and a €3.1m investment in Norwegian water treatment company Epcon Offshore.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The €40 million investment in Lithuanian food retailer Palink is one of the largest private equity deals yet seen in the Baltic region.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Deborah Gallegos, who built a private equity programme for the state of New Mexico, has been named chief investment officer of New York City’s $85 billion federation of pension funds.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
