Private Equity
London-headquartered Kreos Capital, which has promoted chief operating officer Simon Hirtzel to general partner, is targeting €200m for its latest ‘growth debt’ fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Warburg Pincus has become the latest firm to announce a raft of internal promotions as private equity firms strive to hang on to homegrown talent and incentivise key personnel.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Kuwait-based NBK Capital continues to successfully realise investments, following its sale of Aras Cargo in December with the sale of Saudi Arabian group Hanco for a 2x return as the firm prepares to launch its next fundraising.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
The veteran venture capital firm raised the fund with the backing of both new and former investors. Fund IX will focus on the technology and healthcare sectors.
1 min read · 06 January 2013
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has acquired a 48 percent stake in Bahcesehir Koleji, a private education provider in Turkey.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
Arle Capital Partners - formerly Candover Partners - has hired two investment team members including Sara Sulaiman (pictured) as part of a drive to re-shape its strategic focus.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The firm has acquired a 42% stake in Domino’s and Wendy’s Middle East and North African region franchise operator Alamar Foods from the Al Jammaz family.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The $26bn retirement system also made a pair of commitments, totaling around $80m, to Leonard Green’s sixth fund and BC Partners’ ninth European capital fund.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
The mid-market firm has agreed to sell Wound Care Holdings, which it formed in 2006 alongside The Edgewater Funds and JZ Capital Partners.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
A host of new challenges are expected to confront the private equity industry next year, but new sources of capital and opportunities in distressed investing could be highlights of 2012, according to an industry panel.
3 min read · 06 January 2013
