Private Equity
In frontier markets plagued by corruption and other issues, there is still investor appetite for first-mover advantage.
5 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has brought in former Laura Ashley veteran Hans Ouwendijk to run Vlisco, a Dutch maker of fabrics for West African clothing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Former AXA Private Equity executives Daniel Benin and Barthelemy de Beaupuy have formed Committed Advisors, which also recently hired two more ex-AXA professionals.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Simon Walker plans to leave the UK trade association next year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sale of Retail Decision's Australian payment processing division has returned 'substantially all' of the initial investment made by Palamon, Alpinvest and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has closed its Africa Fund III short of its original $1bn target size.
2 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
The emerging markets investor has purchased a credit card processor as it seeks to consolidate the rapidly growing electronic payments market in Africa.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity arm of the French insurance giant achieved a 46% IRR on its investment in French house builder Trecobat.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment and advisory firm has invested in Nairobi-based InReturn and will make a 'small' commitment to the firm's $20m fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
