Private Equity
<p>Ritu Kumar has joined the UK development finance institution as a director.</p>
2 min read · 19 February 2014
StanChart has invested $15 million more in South African fruit producer Afrifresh.
1 min read · 11 February 2014
Montagu Private Equity has made 3x on the sale of ghd – maker of flat irons and hair dryers – to Lion Capital.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Sir Stuart Rose, Marks and Spencer’s former boss, will become chair of UK clothing chain Fat Face nearly six years after Bridgepoint acquired the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
The two private equity firms have invested in eBaoTech, a provider of software and services to the insurance industry.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Pension funds have been ramping up exposure to alternatives – with some of the world’s largest pension markets recording a rise in average allocations to 19% from 5%. Consultancy Towers Watson is ‘confident’ the numbers will keep rising.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
<p>The newly-established UK firm will invest $133m in ATP Oil & Gas. </p>
2 min read · 13 January 2014
<p>The exit marks the largest ever IPO on the Tunis Stock Exchange. </p>
2 min read · 09 January 2014
The firm has already invested roughly half of the capital from its third energy fund.
2 min read · 09 December 2013
The 'profit with purpose' investor has sold Ghanaian insurer Express Life to Prudential
2 min read · 06 December 2013
