Private Equity
The tech-focused middle market investor has recruited a senior advisor for Israel.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has closed its Africa Fund III short of its original $1bn target size.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has sold Wall Street Institute, a chain of English language training centers, to education and information company Pearson.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European company has taken control of Turkey’s Hedef for a reported £100m, in ‘the first of a number of acquisitions’, according to chairman Stefano Pessina.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Frustration with fees has some family offices moving toward direct investing, says John Rompon, managing partner at McNally Capital.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
GS Capital Partners and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are teaming up to buy Harrington Holdings from The Jordan Company, which first invested in the company in 2007.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The US development finance institution has backed Karachi-based JS Private Equity as it raises its second fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The mid-market firm has purchased a Spanish blood bank that preserves stem cells to potentially help treat illnesses in the future.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets investor has purchased a credit card processor as it seeks to consolidate the rapidly growing electronic payments market in Africa.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Silicon Valley veteran fell short of a $400m target, which had been revised down from $600m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013