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 · 03 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 · 03 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 · 03 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 · 03 January 2013
The New York-based buyout firm has made another retail investment with its sixth fund with the purchase of Claire’s Stores.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
UK fund-of-funds CDC has invested R100 million in Vantage Mezzanine Fund, the first mezzanine fund to be raised in South Africa. The fund is expected to close this August on about R600 million.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Unitus Equity Fund has decided to set aside 10 percent of its profits to help the world’s poor gain access to microfinance.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
SGAM Alternative Investments has held a first close of its North Africa fund on €100m, halfway towards its target size of €200m.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Firas Nasir joins The Carlyle Group’s MENA team as head of the newly opened Dubai office.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Blackstone’s IPO filing reveals that its real estate investment arm is actually outperforming its core private equity business.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
