Private Equity
The UK government fund of funds manager in developing markets has posted strong results for 2006 while sounding a note of caution as a wall of money heads for new markets.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Beijing-based private equity group Origo Sino-India has hired John Blake as managing director of mergers and acquisitions.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Paris-based 4D Global Energy Advisors has closed another fund exclusively focussed on small to medium sized companies in the hydrocarbons sector.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
US VC firm Oak Investment Partners has completed a $25 million funding round for social networking site Reunion.com, one of the biggest investments in the area to date.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Teachers’ Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Canadian pension, has launched its first foothold outside of Toronto with a London office led by Andrew Claerhout.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group announced the firm hired an Ernst & Young veteran from the region to advise the firm’s investments within the country.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The consortium buying Alexander Forbes, a South African financial services group, has increased its offer despite having agreed the deal three months ago.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners has continued its string of recent exit successes by selling CBR, a German fashion retailer it co-owned with Cinven, to Swedish buyout firm EQT.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The international casual dining franchise with a $1.96bn market cap has announced it will explore strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US investment agency Overseas Private Investment Corporation is committing $200 million to three private equity funds that will be investing in Jordan.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
