Private Equity
The development finance specialist has hired a former IFC executive to fill the newly created role, as it seeks to accelerate its move towards direct debt and equity investing in Africa.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Hong Kong-based firm has made a final close on its latest China-focused vehicle, which was targeting $150 million.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
The outlook for listed private equity is healthier than it has been for some time. So why aren’t more investors buying? And is there anything managers can do about it?
10 min read · 19 September 2013
First came the financial crisis, then the Arab Spring. The MENA region has had to deal with crises on several fronts over the last few years. So how well is the region’s private equity industry picking itself up after the turmoil?
7 min read · 19 September 2013
KKR will acquire about 27% or 4.75m shares of the oil field digitalisation company.
1 min read · 19 September 2013
Mill City, named after Minneapolis’ flour milling era, has launched its second fund that will make investments in upper-Midwest states.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Amid slower growth and toughening competition in a number of emerging markets, Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Market Group, explains why developing economies continue to offer a wealth of opportunities for private equity.
4 min read · 19 September 2013
CVC’s €600m purchase of Skrill comes just days after it invested €800m in Domestic and General and entered exclusive talks to acquire Campbell Soup's European business.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The UK development finance institution has partnered Abraaj to back healthcare chain Rainbow Hospitals.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The deal, which values the payments business at $95m, is the emerging markets firm’s fifth in the sector since 2010.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
