Private Equity
Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm, has announced a E3.1bn offer for Celanese, the industrial chemicals company – its second major deal announcement in Germany in a week.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The firm has received backing from 15 institutions at the final close of its oil & gas focused fund, including a E25m commitment from Société Générale Asset Management.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
An increase in first round investments made in Israel last year looks set to continue into 2004, despite a slight downturn in the overall number of deals completed in 2003.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The venture capital unit of the German electronics group has made two further investments in the US this week, taking the total for the year to fourteen.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
British engineering and production technology company Invensys has agreed to sell its utility metering unit to the $1.5bn Resolute Fund managed by US private equity firm The Jordan Company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US firm’s real estate group has agreed to pay $1.2bn to acquire a 51-site real estate portfolio in a sale and lease-back agreement with Deutsche Bank.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Global investment conglomerate Investcorp announced the sale of water meter company Neptune Technology Group to strategic buyer Roper Industries for a total consideration of $475m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Advent International’s poultry business, bought from BC Partners in May, has made an add-on acquisition in Belgium as part of Advent’s effort to grow its investment.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Italian private equity firm has acquired the European fabric manufacturing unit from bankrupt US group Galey & Lord.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Risk capital provider CDC Capital Partners has appointed Zimbabwe’s former industry minister Nkosana Moyo as its new head of Africa.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
