Private Equity
The Canadian pension CPPIB has teamed up with GIC Real Estate and a local property company to target Brazilian real estate.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A debt-for-equity swap has given the Connecticut-based private equity and real estate firm a substantial stake in the former New York Times headquarters.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Jordan-based firm launched its second fund at the start of 2007 but commitments stalled in the ‘dead’ fundraising environment.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
An HSBC-led consortium has completed the purchase of a stake in Omani power company United Power Company, committing capital from its $500m co-sponsored infrastructure fund. The $26.5m purchase is the second investment made by the fund since closing.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The capital will be used to fuel acquisitions and refinance the existing debt of oil & gas services-focused Gulf Marine Maintenance and Offshore Service Company.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Chinese and foreign private equity firms have submitted first-round bids for a minority stake in Honiton Energy.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has purchased a 40% stake in the country’s second largest healthcare services company, Medical Park.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Apax will boost its FIG holdings with Psagot Investment House, a $32bn asset manager in which Hellman & Friedman had reportedly bid for a lesser stake at a lower valuation.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Kuwait Finance House and the former DFJ affiliate will set up ePlanet LMH Capital, a Sharia-compliant firm, to invest in private equity and other alternative assets.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
