Middle East & North Africa

Travant raising $300m West and Central African fund(3)

Travant Capital Partners, a Nigerian buyout firm targeting indigenous investors, is targeting a $150 million close in October.

Advent’s Kiev office ends reorganisation(4)

Global buyout firm Advent International has completed its reorganisation of its central and eastern European operations with the opening of an office in Ukraine.

Brait picks up South African baker for R1.5bn(4)

South African merchant bank Brait has acquired domestic baker Premier Foods from the Foundation for African Business and Consumer Services for R1.5 bilion.

Travant raising $300m West and Central African fund(2)

Travant Capital Partners, a Nigerian buyout firm targeting indigenous investors, is targeting a $150 million close in October.

Sainsburys opens books to Delta Two(3)

The UK retailer could become the second FTSE100 retailer to go private after Boots Alliance. In a bid to appease its critics Delta Two has become the first fund to commit to the Walker Report's standards of transparency and disclosure.

10 things you need to know in 2008

As the year draws to a close PEO's team has pulled out its crystal ball to take a view on 10 of the themes that will occupy the industry in 2008.

Brait picks up South African baker for R1.5bn(3)

South African merchant bank Brait has acquired domestic baker Premier Foods from the Foundation for African Business and Consumer Services for R1.5 bilion.

Anne Glover: Countdown to 2008

Amadeus Capital Partners' chief executive sees good cause for optimism for technology investors in 2008.

Helping hand(2)

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.

Three Delta returns to QIA for £500m equity in Sainsbury’s bid

Specialist acquisition firm Three Delta’s bid for Sainsbury’s awaits an 8 November deadline as its talks with the supermarket’s pension trustees near completion.