Private Equity
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 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
The Boston-based firm has established its second Asia presence after closing offices in Turkey and Italy last month.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The Italian firm is also about to launch its third fund of funds which will have a €200m-€250m target. The firm will be launching a number of direct funds in the coming years.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Bringing in limited partners on smaller transactions is not necessarily always the best way to generate a strong return, according to mid-market firm Huntsman Gay. Graham Winfrey reports
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The $12bn system is reviewing a new strategic plan that could see LACERS invest more in distressed debt and consider secondary sales of non-core investments.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
