Private Equity
HSBC has appointed a European head for its newly-launched dedicated financial sponsors unit, hiring former Lazard’s London-based head of financial sponsors Matteo Canonaco.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The Boston-based private equity firm has acquired Switzerland-based Dufry Group, which operates duty-free shops around the world.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Figures published for Asian private equity activity in 2003 reveal that a record $17.5bn was invested while fundraising was up eleven percent at $3bn.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Englefield Capital has joined forces with First Islamic Investment Bank to provide a £400m financing program for RWE Innogy’s UK-based wind farm portfolio.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The German bank has hired Morgan Stanley and Tricorn Partners to evaluate strategic options for the UK cinema chain, following a number of bid approaches for the business.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm, has announced a E3.1bn offer for Celanese, the industrial chemicals company – its second major deal announcement in Germany in a week.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
An increase in first round investments made in Israel last year looks set to continue into 2004, despite a slight downturn in the overall number of deals completed in 2003.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The venture capital unit of the German electronics group has made two further investments in the US this week, taking the total for the year to fourteen.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
British engineering and production technology company Invensys has agreed to sell its utility metering unit to the $1.5bn Resolute Fund managed by US private equity firm The Jordan Company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Global investment conglomerate Investcorp announced the sale of water meter company Neptune Technology Group to strategic buyer Roper Industries for a total consideration of $475m.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
