Private Equity
When The Blackstone Group’s Chad Pike – a US national who was previously co-head of the firm’s real estate arm and is now vice-chairman of Blackstone Europe – bought a family home in Edington, a tiny Wilshire village not far from Stonehenge, he probably thought he was acquiring a little slice of English country paradise (albeit largely for weekend use only).
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Extensive operational improvements and a strong relationship with management led Aureos to success with a Zambian egg farm, a deal that won the EMEA manufacturing/industrial category in PEI's inaugural Operational Excellence Awards.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
While the performance of portfolio companies returned to pre-revolutionary levels, a lack of exits and one-off fees hampered the firm’s performance.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi-based firm appears to be unaffected by the Arab spring and the global economic climate as its 2010 fund is 50% deployed after two years.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The $65m finance facility will be CDC’s first investment since its strategy change in September 2012.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm has partnered with Standard Chartered and the South Africa-based Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire a minority stake in agricultural company Export Trading Group for $210m.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The IPO of 38% of the shares in Umeme, an electricity company it has had full ownership of since 2005, was more than 35% oversubscribed.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Ex-Khazanah Nasional India head Michael Fernandes has joined the firm as it prepares to launch a new fund.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The emerging market firm has partially exited Brazil’s largest independent brokerage with a sale to General Atlantic. It hopes to unlock further value with a forthcoming IPO.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Hassan El Khatib, who joined Carlyle in 2007 to bolster the firm’s MENA operations, later worked as an operating executive for Carlyle’s $500m MENA fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
