Private Equity
The London arm of US-based VC group Accel Partners has bucked the dismal fundraising trend for European venture by racing to its target, thanks to strong support from US investors.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Israeli deal flow and deal volume dropped during 2012, but the IVC Research Center expects activity to pick up this year as domestic firms are planning to put their recently raised capital to work.
2 min read · 21 September 2013
Aside from a pair of mega-buyouts for Dell and Heinz, US private equity deals were virtually non-existent in January and February, though mid-market GPs are forecasting an active rest of the year.
3 min read · 21 September 2013
TrimCo in 2005 was a small Hong Kong-based supplier of care-and-content labels to apparel brands that manufactured in Southern China. It was a 30-year-old, family-owned shop that had reached a plateau – just the kind of business that appeals to Navis Capital Partners, a small-cap buyout firm based in Malaysia.
5 min read · 21 September 2013
Turkey has been tipped for some time to become a hotbed of private equity activity, given its geographic position between Europe and Asia and its strong supply of founder- and family-owned companies ripe for expansion. Now, nearly a decade since Turkish private equity got its start, and with GDP growth forecast to hit 5% in 2013, PEI talks to four of the market’s key players to find out if Turkish private equity is finally set to take off.
10 min read · 21 September 2013
The Bahrain-based firm, which bought Armacell in 2007 from Gilde Buy Out Partners and CVC Capital Partners, has sold the business to Charterhouse Capital Partners for more than €500m.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The former head of Africa Private Equity Fund Managers will fill a newly created role at the pan-African firm, ahead of an expected first close on its latest fund later this year.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The UK development finance institution, which made £169m worth of new commitments last year, has recently established a presence in the direct equity and debt investment realms.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The US firm is in exclusive talks to sell a stake of Medical Park, a Turkish hospital group, to London-headquartered Pamplona.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
KKR has bought a controlling stake in Alliance Tire Group from Warburg Pincus, reportedly for $500 million, with most of the capital coming from KKR's Asia Fund I.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
