Private Equity
Nearly two-thirds of buyout shops expect they will be a target in 2016, a PEI Media survey finds.
2 min read · 27 January 2016
<em>Reporting is more important to investors than ever before, while cybersecurity is becoming the next top priority for private funds, an EY survey finds.</em>
2 min read · 27 January 2016
The sale of the Danish roofing business comes as the firm embarks on a strategy to grow its AUM by more than 100% in the next five years.
3 min read · 26 January 2016
Black River Agriculture Fund 2, an own-and-operate farmland fund, had invested primarily in row crops in Australia and Latin America by September last year.
1 min read · 26 January 2016
The transaction is the firm’s eighth investment from Fund VI, which closed on R7.9bn in January 2013.
2 min read · 25 January 2016
The firm, which is poised to begin raising its own fund, will manage the separate account that will invest up to $200m in insurance companies in Africa.
2 min read · 22 January 2016
With the global embargo lifted, firms in Iran are starting to raise capital from international LPs with a taste for frontier markets.
4 min read · 22 January 2016
The Tehran-based firm began meeting European investors last year ahead of the end of international sanctions on Iran announced this week.
4 min read · 20 January 2016
The social impact investor has appointed two partners following the announcement of a $200m commitment from OPIC in December.
2 min read · 18 January 2016
Sherwood Dodge will oversee the private equity programme at the $777bn Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, which has an increasing focus on direct and co-investments.
2 min read · 13 January 2016
