Private Equity
For investors looking for exposure to emerging markets, investing in private rather than public markets is often the better option, argues Actis’ Jonathan Bond.
5 min read · 30 December 2012
George Soros announced he is handing over greater control of his $12.8b Soros Asset Management firm to his sons, and is spinning off his real estate, credit and private equity divisions.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Montagu Private Equity, the mid-market European investor, has acquired Survitec, a survival technology company, from fellow private equity firm Alchemy Partners for £146m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Israel venture capital firm continues to focus on seed and early-stage IT investments.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The transatlantic debt specialist has hired four investment placement managing directors to raise capital and manage relationships with LPs.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Fund placement specialist Hewett has been appointed director of European investor relations at Terra Firma Capital Partners.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The emerging markets specialist has taken an 80 percent stake in Banque Commerciale du Rwanda in a transaction valued at $6m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
3i is once again looking outside the organisation to fill a senior position – this time that of finance director – after new chief executive Philip Yea announced a reshuffle yesterday.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The European printing company has secured £74m of funding from majority shareholder Investcorp to complete a £120m current investment programme and restructure debt.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
CVC Capital Partners, the pan-European private equity firm, has acquired the printing inks and printing plates unit of Germany’s BASF and will merge it with a Swedish rival.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
