Private Equity
Three groups led by Terra Firma Capital Partners, UBS and Macquarie are understood to have made formal offers in the auction for Thames Water, a UK water company owned by German utility RWE.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Allianz Capital Partners has sold UK care homes provider Four Seasons Healthcare to an investment fund of the Qatar Investment Authority, despite interest from 3i and Terra Firma Capital Partners.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
As venture dollars pour into US alternative energy companies, some are starting to question whether there is too much money flowing toward too few sustainable ideas. Dave Keating reports.
3 min read · 03 January 2013
The London-based emerging markets specialist has made an initial close on $1.3bn for its Global Special Situations Fund 3.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Is sub-Saharan African real estate ripe for the plucking? In a recent conversation with Judy Kuan, David Morley of Actis shared why the emerging markets specialist is prudently bullish on the region’s potential.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
The former buyout arm of Dutch Rabobank has closed its first fund since spinning out of the bank on target after one year’s fundraising.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Bridgepoint has made more than twice its money in the £86m secondary buyout of NES, a specialist recruitment firm, to Graphite Capital.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
The two European buyout groups have taken a partial exit on their investment in Holmes Place, a European fitness chain, selling the UK business to rival Virgin Active.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Richard Rimer, one of four brothers at European high tech heavyweight Index Ventures, is leaving the firm to pursue his interests in medical technology.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Private equity has extended to the far corners of the world, cropping up in some unexpected locales. Judy Kuan speaks with Robert Fogler, co-founder of the Rwanda-focused Thousand Hills Venture Fund, about the role for private equity in a smaller market – but one that might well be on a fast-track for growth.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
