Private Equity
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 Silicon Valley veteran fell short of a $400m target, which had been revised down from $600m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
With plenty of institutional money ‘on the sidelines’, the exit environment for private equity firms in the desert kingdom is improving, according to Dubai-based Al Masah Capital.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The National Bank of Kuwait subsidiary's acquisition of a 30% stake in Dunya Goz Group will help accelerate the company's growth.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
In sharp contrast to Western markets, an overwhelming majority of venture capitalists in China, India and Brazil expect the number of venture capital firms in their respective countries to increase between now and 2015.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
