Private Equity
The US firm has paid €212m for the engine maker in the latest sign of a gradual return of deal activity in Italy.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
Billed as the largest FMCG buyout in Sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa, the deal brings the total invested by the firm on the continent to $2.2bn.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The East African firm, which is investing its first blind pool vehicle, is looking to sponsor fast-growing businesses in the continent’s less trodden markets.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The Vietnam-based firm has hired Chad Ovel, who brings in operational expertise as the firm raises a new country fund.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The development finance specialist has hired a former IFC executive to fill the newly created role, as it seeks to accelerate its move towards direct debt and equity investing in Africa.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The outlook for listed private equity is healthier than it has been for some time. So why aren’t more investors buying? And is there anything managers can do about it?
10 min read · 19 September 2013
First came the financial crisis, then the Arab Spring. The MENA region has had to deal with crises on several fronts over the last few years. So how well is the region’s private equity industry picking itself up after the turmoil?
7 min read · 19 September 2013
Amid slower growth and toughening competition in a number of emerging markets, Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Market Group, explains why developing economies continue to offer a wealth of opportunities for private equity.
4 min read · 19 September 2013
The deal, which values the payments business at $95m, is the emerging markets firm’s fifth in the sector since 2010.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
The South Africa-based firm, which came to market in January, has raised its second fund in just six months, reaching its R2.7bn hard-cap.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
