Private Equity
The value of cancelled deals globally has broken the $200 billion mark in 2007, easily surpassing last year’s total.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Travant Capital Partners, a Nigerian buyout firm targeting indigenous investors, is targeting a $150 million close in October.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Dubai fund manager hopes its regional expertise will give it the edge as it expands its geographic reach to include Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai Financial Group has bought rival Middle Eastern firm Abraaj Capital’s minority stake in Egyptian bank EFG-Hermes for $1.1 billion.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
AfriCap Microfinance’s latest fundraising has drawn private sector investors as well as development funds and charities as interest in micro lending continues to grow.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The chief executive of emerging markets investor CDC still believes there is money to be made, but managers will have to work harder to improve portfolio companies.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Qatari investment arm Three Delta is likely to increase the equity component of its offer for FTSE 100-listed Sainsbury’s to meet concerns of the board that the company will be over-leveraged.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Cross-border M&A trends will continue to play to Bain Capital's strengths in 2008, according to one of its managing directors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CDC, the emerging markets fund of funds, has backed South African mid-market growth capital firms Horizon Equity and Medu Capital. South African private equity has boomed with the support international investors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Walker Report has given the Delta Two bid for J Sainsbury an extra sheen of respectability and is a sign the industry may take compliance seriously, writes Nicholas Lockley, editor of PEO.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
