Private Equity
Denham Capital Management is the latest US power industry investor to set up a London office, after recruiting the former head of energy at Japanese bank Nomura International Louis van Pletsen.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Qatari investment company Three Delta may be thwarted in its attempts to buy UK supermarket Sainsbury’s by the founding Sainsbury family. The family has reiterated in a statement that its acceptance of any bid is conditional on the Qatari firm providing an adequate pensions settlement.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson has closed its first-ever growth stage tech fund on $290 million, exceeding its $250 million target. The fund is already 25 percent invested in five companies DFJ hopes will become ‘$1 billion’ enterprises.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
South African casino group Gold Reef Resorts has entered into exclusive talks with an Ethos Private Equity-led consortium, and the bid already has 76 percent shareholder acceptance.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Franklin Templeton Investments’ buyout arm has launched the largest mezzanine fund in central and eastern Europe.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
French bank Société Générale, having failed to syndicate a £330 million loan backing Simon Halabi’s acquisition of Esporta from Duke Street Capital, has pulled the plug on the property tycoon’s deal vehicles - although the gyms continue to trade profitably, administrators say.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The success of buyout firms in South Africa has helped the African region enjoy record private equity investment this year. However, the rest of the continent is far away from reaching the sophistication of its buyout hub, despite significant growth.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
European buyout firm BC Partners and Cheyne Special Situations Fund have been refused access to the books of Quadrant, a Swiss plastics group, despite offering a significant premium to the company’s share price.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The success of buyout firms in South Africa has helped the African region enjoy record private equity investment this year. However, the rest of the continent is far away from reaching the sophistication of its buyout hub, despite significant growth.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Investment company Arcapita has bought window and door company HT Troplast from The Carlyle Group and Advent International two years after the firms bought the company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
