Private Equity
The addition of former Skanska Infrastructure Development chief Simon Hipperson comes as the firm continues to build its team ahead of a reported $5bn fundraising effort
2 min read · 05 January 2013
As the US insurance giant struggles to raise capital, the fate of the firm’s substantial private equity business remains uncertain. AIG Investments has not been placed for sale as part of its parent’s capital raising measures.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
The AIG Brazil Special Situations Fund II will put in place a team to pursue investments in Colombia and Peru before the end of the year. Separately, the fund has invested R$60 million in Brazilian engineering services company Advento Participações.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The global buyout group is in exclusive talks with credit checking giant Experian to buy its French electronic payments business, in a week in which the firm has already executed two Latin American deals and a Japanese fund close.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Lye-Thiam Koh, former head of NTUC Income Insurance's private equity programme, will help AIG expand its fund of funds activities in Asia.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The move by the $32bn pension fund investor highlights increasing interest in private equity allocation among publicly managed US state retirement funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The £132.5m sale comes as the UK’s Competition Commission is threatening to force the Spanish infrastructure investor to sell three airports owned by the British Airport Authority, which it acquired in 2006.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Tom Gores-led buyout shop has exceeded its target of $1.5bn, and has already invested the fund in at least four deals.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Upon the merger of Nymex Holdings and CME Group at the end of this week, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm will hold 1.3 percent of CME; General Atlantic also holds stakes in NYSE Euronext, BM&F Bovespa and the National Stock Exchange of India.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The energy specialist has completed its acquisition of Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Saxon Energy Services for C$7 per share, partnering with Canadian oilfield services company Schlumberger.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
