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
Natural Gas Partners has created its third offshore oil and gas company under the “Northstar” brand after selling its previous two offshore businesses for a combined $466m.
2 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
Trade bodies have flagged a number of concerns over the directive's latest draft, including its treatment of third-country provisions affecting GPs from non-EU jurisdictions and their ability to access EU investors.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based placement agent has acted on behalf of two mid-market firms to help diversify their ‘non-traditional’ limited partner bases.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
London-listed 3i Group drastically reduced the amount of new investments it made in Q2 compared to a year earlier as the business instead focused on cost-cutting.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The energy-focused firm has made its sixth investment from Fund V – its first since ending its partnership with Carlyle – which is currently targeting $6bn.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Coller Capital’s latest secondaries fund, which like its predecessors has an extremely flexible mandate, raised more than its targeted amount in 15 months on the road.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
N+1 and Mercapital, two of the Spanish private equity industry’s most venerable firms, have merged to create a new manager that will hit the fundraising trail next year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The retirement system had allocated $140m for private equity commitments at the beginning of the year, and has pledged more than half to Wayzata, IVP and NEA. The system also has capital left for real assets and real estate.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
