Private Equity
The first of its kind country-specific mezzanine infrastructure fund will target early stage development projects in Brazil, for which mezzanine financing is 'very compatible and appropriate'. The fund is a joint venture between Darby and Stratus Group, a Brazilian private equity manager and advisor.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Ray Newton has joined the publicly listed investment firm’s private equity unit. The addition allows Evercore to ‘promptly begin to raise third private equity fund'.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The New Jersey-based clean energy firm is integrating Helium Energy into a new portfolio company as part of a strategy to expand its overseas presence in wind and solar production.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of minority stakes in Brazilian electric transmission assets represents a cash value of $7 per share for shareholders of the publicly traded infrastructure fund, which launched in January. Analysts estimate the proceeds will give it $550m of asset purchasing power.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-based private equity firm has acquired Brazilian highway restaurant chain Frango Assado which will become part of the largest casual dining group in Latin America.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Brazilian private equity firm is nearing the close of its fourth private equity fund on R$120m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Magnesita, a company backed by Brazilian private equity firms GP Investments and Gavea, will buy Rhone Capital's LWB Refractories in a deal including €277m in equity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Brazilian private equity firm fell slightly short of its fundraising target, but is ‘bullish’ on its ‘perfect timing’ for acquiring companies at low valuations.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global buyout group is having a week of firsts, having closed what it says is the first industrially-focused, mid-market Japanese private equity fund raised by an international firm just a day after making its maiden investment in the Dominican Republic.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Several months after a merger with ABN AMRO Asset Management, the Paris-based asset manager has set out to raise an ‘infrastructure-style fund’ making project-level investments in wind, hydro, solar and biomass.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
