Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

Advent buys €30m Hungarian radio station

Mezzanine Management provided debt capital, investing from its dedicated Central and Eastern European fund, Accession Capital Management.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

British CDC buys Asian power assets

The former Commonwealth Development Corporation is to invest a total of $127m in two Bangladeshi energy companies from AES Corporation.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Apollo closes international real estate fund

The US-based real estate group has closed its latest real estate fund on $335m, with a third of the fund's capital already invested.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

$50m final close for Vitalife debut

A year after its initial close, the Israeli life sciences firm has held a $50m final close for its inaugural fund, following a significant commitment from US private equity funds-of-funds manager HarbourVest Partners.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Advent buys in Turkey

Advent International and local affiliate Turkven have partnered to buy leading Turkish baker Unmas from Dogus Holding.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Deutsche shuts down fund placement unit

Deutsche Bank’s Alternative Investment Fundraising Group, which until recently had been working on a number of in-house private equity funds as well as several of third party mandates, has been dissolved.

3 min read · 30 December 2012

Investcorp acquires wireless testing company

The global investment company has taken a majority interest in Willtek, a German wireless equipment tester.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Capricorn, TDR enjoy pizza success

ABN Amro’s lapsed offer for UK pizza chain PizzaExpress has handed victory to TDR Capital and Capricorn’s 387 pence per share offer for the business.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Protests at US Carlyle offices result in arrests

Anti-war campaigners have targeted Carlyle Group’s US offices to protest at the firm’s government links and its role in the defence industry.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Lenders take over Meridien hotel chain

Shareholders, including Nomura and Royal Bank Private Equity, have ceded control of the hotel chain to the company's bankers after it defaulted on loan repayments.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

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