Private Equity
Technology venture firm Battery Ventures has closed its eighth fund on $750 million, and has promoted three employees to general partners as it prepares to deploy its capital.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bain Capital is set to acquire US retailer Guitar Center for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, the firm’s German arm has agreed to purchase yacht manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bahrain-based Investcorp will buy a majority stake in Berlin Packaging, just weeks after the first close on its latest fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
A leading pensions expert has defended London-listed Electra Private Equity, after the listed trust became the latest target for activist trade unions following a reduction in pension benefits for ex-employees of its portfolio company Lil-lets.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Kuwait investor Global Investment House has bought Saudi Arabian textile business Ajlan Bin Abdulaziz Al Ajlan & Brothers ’Ajlan. The company’s value corresponds to roughly two thirds of its revenues.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Bahrain-based Investcorp will buy a majority stake in Berlin Packaging, just weeks after the first close on its latest fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Technology venture firm Battery Ventures has closed its eighth fund on $750 million, and has promoted three employees to general partners as it prepares to deploy its capital.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apollo Management is reportedly in a dispute over the valuation of the firm in its attempt to sell a 10 percent stake to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Technology venture firm Battery Ventures has closed its eighth fund on $750 million, and has promoted three employees to general partners as it prepares to deploy its capital.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
French bank BNP Paribas has linked up its structured finance and fixed income units in the Gulf through the appointment of Mark Waters as head of debt capital markets in the region.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
