Private Equity
US group Bain Capital has agreed a $3.5 billion deal for South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores, the largest buyout ever recorded in the country.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Joshua Gotbaum will join the upstart New York-based firm as an operating partner and will also become its chief restructuring officer.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Google has revealed that its acquisition of YouTube last year netted a return of nearly $500 million for Sequoia Capital, the US venture capital firm behind the video sharing website.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Joshua Gotbaum will join the upstart New York-based firm as an operating partner and will also become its chief restructuring officer.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Cognetas, a European private equity firm, has completed its second deal this week with the sale of an aluminium manufacturer to a consortium for €430 million.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
A private equity consortium has closed one of Egypt’s largest private equity deals at $459 million, raising the hopes of locals that it will boost potential private equity investors’ confidence in the market.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
A private equity consortium has closed one of Egypt’s largest private equity deals at $459 million, raising the hopes of locals that it will boost potential private equity investors’ confidence in the market.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has recruited North African specialist Hassan El-Khatib as a managing director to bolster its newly formed MENA team in Cairo.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
The founder of Apax Partners is courting investors for a new alternative asset management business, Portland Capital, reportedly in partnership with Lord Rothschild.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
Abraaj Capital is in negotiations with United Arab Emirates investment firm Al Qudra Holdings regarding the sale of a major stake in the Dubai-based private equity firm.
1 min read · 03 January 2013
